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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.

Man Ray

Reality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAY

Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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 Point
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY

Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAY

Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAY

Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
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
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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.
MAN RAY

Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
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

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