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Inspirational Quotes by Man Ray
- There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
- The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
- I paint when I cannot photograph.
- I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
- All critics should be assassinated.
- Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
- To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
- You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
- I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
- Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.
- Reality is fabricated out of desire.
- I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph
- Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
- I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento