I have never painted a recent picture.
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 tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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 !
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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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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.
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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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 !
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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