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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

Man Ray

The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
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 !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAY

Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
MAN RAY

Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Option Paint Photograph

Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

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