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

Man Ray

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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
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.
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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
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
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
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
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon

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