There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAYI never knew what I was doing until I was done.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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 am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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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 !
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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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 !
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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