I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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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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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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 have never painted a recent picture.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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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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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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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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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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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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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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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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 believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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