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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

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
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 State World Worst
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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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
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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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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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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