Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAYThe tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
More Man Ray Quotes
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
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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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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