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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 !

Man Ray

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
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
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Option Paint Photograph
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
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY

Done Hustle One Liner
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAY

Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAY

Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
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 Point
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY

Art Humor Joke Myself Success
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
MAN RAY

Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
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 State World Worst
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
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.
MAN RAY

Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
MAN RAY

Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph

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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