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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
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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 have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
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
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
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
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
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice

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