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Man Ray quotes: I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

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

Man Ray quotes: In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

Man Ray quotes: All critics should be assassinated.

All critics should be assassinated.

Man Ray quotes: Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

Man Ray quotes: Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.

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

Man Ray quotes: I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

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

Man Ray quotes: My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

Man Ray quotes: I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

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.

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 effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.

An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.

Man Ray quotes: If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.

If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.

Man Ray quotes: A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.

A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.

Man Ray quotes: Reality is fabricated out of desire.

Reality is fabricated out of desire.

Man Ray quotes: It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

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

Man Ray quotes: You don't ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

You don't ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

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 !

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.

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

Man Ray quotes: There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.

There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.

Man Ray quotes: Lipstick is the red badge of courage.

Lipstick is the red badge of courage.

Man Ray quotes: One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

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

Man Ray quotes: The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

Man Ray quotes: Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don't even mind if you misquote me !

Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don't even mind if you misquote me !

Man Ray quotes: I paint when I cannot photograph.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

Man Ray quotes: I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph

I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph

Man Ray quotes: Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.

Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.

Man Ray quotes: Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.

Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.

Man Ray quotes: To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

Man Ray quotes: Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

Man Ray quotes: I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

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

Man Ray quotes: I have never painted a recent picture.

I have never painted a recent picture.

Man Ray quotes: I never knew what I was doing until I was done.

I never knew what I was doing until I was done.

Man Ray quotes: The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.

The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.

Man Ray quotes: When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.

Man Ray quotes: I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

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.

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: I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.

I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.

Man Ray quotes: A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.