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 RAYI would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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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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