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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

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.
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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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Automobile Declare Horse
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY

Fact Mindset Myself Quote
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish

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