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

Man Ray

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
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
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
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 paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
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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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
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
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph

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

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

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