There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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.
More Man Ray Quotes
-
-
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 !
MAN RAY -
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
MAN RAY -
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY -
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY -
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY -
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAY -
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY -
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY -
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY -
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAY -
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
MAN RAY -
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY -
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY -
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY -
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.
MAN RAY






