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

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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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