In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
MAN RAYIn the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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All critics should be assassinated.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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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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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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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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