Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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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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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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 paint when I cannot photograph.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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