Man Ray Quotes

• Ever since our love for machines replaced the love we used to have for our fellow men, catastrophes proceed to increase.

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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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• One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

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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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• I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

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• I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

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• Don’t put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.

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• All critics should be assassinated.

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• It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

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• 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.

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• A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

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Man Ray (11)

Birth:	27th August, 1890
Death:	18th November, 1976
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Photographer

About

Man Ray was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an American photographer. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. After his graduation, he was offered a scholarship to study architecture but chose to pursue a career as an artist. A photographic innovator, he discovered a new way to create interesting images by accident in his darkroom. Called "Rayographs," these photos were made by placing and manipulating objects on pieces of photosensitive paper. He produced his first significant photographs in 1918. He also developed a thriving career as a fashion photographer, taking pictures for such magazines as Vogue.

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