I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAYA certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
More Man Ray Quotes
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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