To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAYLipstick is the red badge of courage.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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