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

Man Ray

I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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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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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
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 paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
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
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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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point

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