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

Man Ray

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAY

Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
MAN RAY

Automobile Declare Horse
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAY

Myself Nature Photography Vision
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAY

Creation Divine Human Reproduction
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAY

Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY

Fact Mindset Myself Quote
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAY

Economic Myself Person Work
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.
MAN RAY

Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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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