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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

Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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 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
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
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
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
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
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography

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