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

Man Ray

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
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
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !
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Camera Direction Leadership Time
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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
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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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work

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