Inspirational Quote by Man Ray

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

— 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

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

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

— Man Ray

As a photographer you have to do things you don't want to.

— Massimo Vitali

I wish to die painting.

— Paul Cezanne

I wanted not to make photographs that would be art, but art that would be photography.

— Jean-Marc Bustamante

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

— Donald O'Connor

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

— Wayne Thiebaud

I love painting. As far as photography is concerned, I understand nothing.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson