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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

I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY

Done Hustle One Liner
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
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 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
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
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
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
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAY

Effort Film Paper Waste
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Option Paint Photograph
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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
MAN RAY

Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
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 Point

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