I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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In 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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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