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Man Ray Quotes about Photography

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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.

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.

Man Ray
Photography, Inspiration, Technique
"Photographers on Photography : A Critical Anthology". Book by Nathan Lyons (p. 80), 1966.

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

Man Ray
Photography, Believe, Inspiration

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

Man Ray
Photography, Inspiration, Information
"Photographers on Photography: A Critical Anthology". Book by Nathan Lyons, p. 80, 1966.

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

Man Ray
Photography, Wish, Paint
As quoted in an interview "Man Ray: Photographer" published in Camera, edited by Philippe Sers, 1981.

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
Photography, Art, Trying

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
Photography, Horse, Perfect

I paint when I cannot photograph.

Man Ray
Photography, Photograph, Paint

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