The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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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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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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