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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

Man Ray

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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
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
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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
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

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