A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
