The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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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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