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Man Ray Quotes

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information Picture Quote #1

To create is divine, to reproduce is human Picture Quote #1

Unconcerned but not indifferent Picture Quote #1

I never knew what I was doing until I was done Picture Quote #1

All critics should be assassinated Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them Picture Quote #1

Don’t put my name on it. These are simply documents I make Picture Quote #1

I have never painted a recent picture Picture Quote #1

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions Picture Quote #1

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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization Picture Quote #1

An original is a creation motivated by desire Picture Quote #1

Reality is fabricated out of desire Picture Quote #1

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses Picture Quote #1

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him Picture Quote #1

I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration Picture Quote #1

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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers Picture Quote #1

I paint when I cannot photograph Picture Quote #1

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art Picture Quote #1

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human Picture Quote #1

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor Picture Quote #1

I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society Picture Quote #1

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Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution Picture Quote #1

There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love Picture Quote #1

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track Picture Quote #1

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! Picture Quote #1

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained Picture Quote #1

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon! Picture Quote #1

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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information (Man Ray Quotes) To create is divine, to reproduce is human (Man Ray Quotes) Unconcerned but not indifferent (Man Ray Quotes) I never knew what I was doing until I was done (Man Ray Quotes) All critics should be assassinated (Man Ray Quotes) 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. (Man Ray Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Man Ray Quotes) It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them (Man Ray Quotes) Don’t put my name on it. These are simply documents I make (Man Ray Quotes) I have never painted a recent picture (Man Ray Quotes) I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions (Man Ray Quotes) An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization (Man Ray Quotes) An original is a creation motivated by desire (Man Ray Quotes) Reality is fabricated out of desire (Man Ray Quotes) You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses (Man Ray Quotes) A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him (Man Ray Quotes) I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration (Man Ray Quotes) The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers (Man Ray Quotes) I paint when I cannot photograph (Man Ray Quotes) Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art (Man Ray Quotes) An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human (Man Ray Quotes) I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor (Man Ray Quotes) I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society (Man Ray Quotes) Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution (Man Ray Quotes) There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love (Man Ray Quotes) When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track (Man Ray Quotes) 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 Quotes) I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained (Man Ray Quotes) Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon! (Man Ray Quotes)

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