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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.

Man Ray

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
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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Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
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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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
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
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAY

Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY

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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