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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.

Man Ray

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 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
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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
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
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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 Point
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
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
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk

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