I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAYOf course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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