I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAYThe tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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