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 RAYIf 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 !
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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