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

Man Ray

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
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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
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
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
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
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
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
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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