Existence Quote by Man Ray

I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in…

— Man Ray

I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph

— Man Ray

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

— Man Ray

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

— Chuck Close

I paint when I cannot photograph.

— Man Ray

I like to paint something that leads me on and on into the unknown, something that I want to see away on beyond.

— Grandma Moses

I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

— John Dyer

l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.

— Man Ray

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

— Edouard Manet

I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.

— Donald O'Connor

I never know in advance what I will photograph,...I Go Out into the World and Hope I Will come across something that Imperatively interests…

— Ansel Adams

I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of the way…

— Thomas Kinkade