It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an 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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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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.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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