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

Man Ray

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
MAN RAY

Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
MAN RAY

Automobile Declare Horse
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth
If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
MAN RAY

Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAY

Effort Film Paper Waste
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
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

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY

Done Hustle One Liner
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.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon

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