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Man Ray Quotes about Art

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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.

Art, Mind, Doe

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

Dream, Art, Collective Unconscious

"Man Ray: Photographer". Interview with Philippe Sers in Camera, 1981.

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

Art, Our Society, Members

Curtis L. Carter, Man Ray, Francis M. Naumann (1989). “Man Ray in America”

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

Art, Making Love, Progress

"To Be Continued, Unnoticed" by Man Ray, 1948.

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.

Photography, Art, Trying

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

Art, Successful, Accused

"Man Ray: Photographer". Interview with Philippe Sers, Camera Magazine, 1981.

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

Art, Needs, Justify

"Self Portrait". Book by Man Ray, 1963.

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

Dream, Art, Determination

Julien Levy exhibition catalog, April 1945.

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

Art, Mastery, Genius

Letter to his sister, as quoted in "Man Ray: American Artist" (1988) by Neil Baldwin, May 18, 1941.

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