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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

Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
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
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
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 would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
If 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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Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
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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In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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Automobile Declare Horse
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk

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