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.
Man Ray
Born: August 27, 1890 Died: November 18, 1976
Emmanuel Radnitzky (known as Man Ray; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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.
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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.
Unconcerned but not indifferent.
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.”
Man Ray