I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAYOne of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
More Man Ray Quotes
-
-
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAY -
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAY -
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY -
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.
MAN RAY -
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY -
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY -
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY -
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY -
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAY -
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY -
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAY -
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAY -
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY -
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 -
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
MAN RAY -
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.
MAN RAY -
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY -
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY -
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 -
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY -
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY -
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAY -
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAY -
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 !
MAN RAY -
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY