I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAYIf 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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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 have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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