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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

Man Ray

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
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
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
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
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
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record

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