"I like contradictions. We have never attained the……" — Man Ray
"I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society."
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39 Quotes by Man Ray
Man Ray has 39 quotes on this site.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he…
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind,…
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me…
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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More Asserting Quotes
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The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.
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Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let…
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When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that…
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Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon…
— Jacques Monod
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We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we…
— David Boaz
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With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting…
— William Buckland
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I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in…
— Unknown Author
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We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting…
— Henry Lawson
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As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
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In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful…
— Benjamin Rush
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with…
— Joseph Conrad
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Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is…
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