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 RAYThere is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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 do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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All critics should be assassinated.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
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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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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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