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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

Man Ray

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAY

Design Inspirational Myself Reflection 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
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
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
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
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Option Paint Photograph
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAY

Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
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

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