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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.

Man Ray

l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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Automobile Declare Horse
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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Camera Direction Leadership Time
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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

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