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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

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
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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Camera Direction Leadership Time
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
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
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original

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