An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAYI would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Reality is fabricated out of 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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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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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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