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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

An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person 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 !
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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
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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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
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.
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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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