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Of 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.

Man Ray

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
Of 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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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner

Of 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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