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

Man Ray

An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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 Point
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
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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.
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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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 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
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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