One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAYI never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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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 paint when I cannot photograph.
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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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