In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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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 never painted a recent picture.
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