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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.

Man Ray

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 !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAY

Creation Divine Human Reproduction
If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
MAN RAY

Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
Speaking 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 RAY

Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
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
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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 !
MAN RAY

Camera Direction Leadership Time
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAY

Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
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 RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAY

Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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 !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands World Worst
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth

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