Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAYI would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAYIf I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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.
MAN RAYMy works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAYIf 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 !
MAN RAYOf 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.
MAN RAYI paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYI photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAYOne of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAYAn effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAYTo me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAYIf 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 !
MAN RAYI believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAYA creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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 !
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