All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAYPersonally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.
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