A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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 paint when I cannot photograph.
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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