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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.

Man Ray

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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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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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
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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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society

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