Man Ray
Man Ray
Man Raywas 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. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Man Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth27 August 1890
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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 !
Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
I paint when I cannot photograph.
Cut out the eye from a photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow.
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !