My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAYThe tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
More Man Ray Quotes
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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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If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !
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