Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAYI 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 !
MAN RAYI have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAYThe tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAYThanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAYOh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAYSpeaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
MAN RAYMy works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAYThere is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAYI paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
MAN RAYI would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAYTo me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAYI 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.
MAN RAYAn original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAYIs 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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