Man Ray Quotes & Sayings

10 most famous Man Ray quotes and sayings. He was an American photographer who passed away on 18 November, 1976.

“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.”

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

“To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.”

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

“It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.”

“All critics should be assassinated.”

“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.”