You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
MAN RAYJust as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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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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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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