Man Ray movie quotes

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

“I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
Man Ray

“Unconcerned
but not indifferent.”
Man Ray

“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

“Reality is fabricated out of desire.”
Man Ray

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

“I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.”
Man Ray

“To create is divine, to reproduce is human.”
Man Ray

“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

“I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.”
Man Ray

“Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me!”
Man Ray

“I never knew what I was doing until I was done.”
Man Ray

“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

“All critics should be assassinated.”
Man Ray

“Lipstick is the red badge of courage.”
Man Ray

“I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.”
Man Ray

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

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

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

“It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.”
Man Ray