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 RAYI believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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