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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.

Man Ray

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.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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 !
MAN RAY

Camera Direction Leadership Time
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY

Fact Mindset Myself Quote
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAY

Creation Divine Human Reproduction
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAY

Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
MAN RAY

Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
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.
MAN RAY

Camera Determination Photographer Picture
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 !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands World Worst
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAY

Economic Myself Person Work
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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAY

Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY

Art Humor Joke Myself Success
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAY

Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Option Paint Photograph
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
MAN RAY

Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth

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