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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.

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 !
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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
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
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
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
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 State World Worst
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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Automobile Declare Horse
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY

An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.

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