I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAYI am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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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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