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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.

Man Ray

I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY

Done Hustle One Liner
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAY

Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAY

Effort Film Paper Waste
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAY

Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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 !
MAN RAY

Camera Direction Leadership Time
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

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

Economic Myself Person Work
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAY

Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
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 Point
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original

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