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“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.”
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“I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.”
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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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“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 tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.”
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“Unconcerned but not indifferent.”
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“The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.”
Man Ray”
― Man Ray Photographs
Man Ray”
― Man Ray Photographs
“Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.”
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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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