Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Man Ray
- It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
- I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
- 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.
- A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
- A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
- An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
- 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.
- If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now!
- If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
- I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
Man Ray was an American visual artist who is best known for his work in the Dada and Surrealist movements. He was born Emmanuel Radnitzky on August 27, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ray began his artistic career as a painter, but he soon turned to photography as his primary medium.
In 1915, Ray moved to New York City and became involved with the Dada movement. He began experimenting with photograms, a technique that involves placing objects on photosensitive paper and exposing them to light, creating a shadowy image. Ray called his photograms “Rayographs,” and they became some of his most iconic works.
In the 1920s, Ray moved to Paris, where he continued to explore Surrealist ideas in his work. He collaborated with artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dali, and he also became involved in filmmaking. Ray’s films, such as “Le Retour à la Raison” (Return to Reason) and “Emak Bakia,” were groundbreaking works in experimental cinema.
Throughout his career, Ray’s work continued to evolve and push the boundaries of traditional art forms. He passed away on November 18, 1976, in Paris, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
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