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 RAYSpeaking 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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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 paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l 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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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