Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAYYou don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
More Man Ray Quotes
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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