A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAYA certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAYIs 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.
MAN RAYIf 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 RAYLipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAYI do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAYI am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAYIf 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 paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYNature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
MAN RAYI photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAYQuote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAYPersonally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAYI have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAYI never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAYl photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY