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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

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

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
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.
MAN RAY

Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY

Done Hustle One Liner
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
MAN RAY
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAY

Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography
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 would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
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
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAY

Creation Divine Human Reproduction
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY

Art Humor Joke Myself Success

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