To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAYIf 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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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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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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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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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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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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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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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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 do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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