I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAYI believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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