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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

Man Ray

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.
MAN RAY

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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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
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
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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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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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Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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