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Man Ray

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !
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Camera Direction Leadership Time
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
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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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing

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