I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYIs 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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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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 never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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