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

Man Ray

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
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 World Worst
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
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.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
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
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
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
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAY

Myself Nature Photography Vision

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