I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
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Of 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.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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