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Man Ray [1890-1976] American
Rank: 102
Photographer, Visual artist


Man Ray was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal.

Dreams, Imagination, Nature



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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information. Nature
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. Dreams, Imagination
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. Dreams
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An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
109
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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