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
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.
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.
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.
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 !
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in existence.
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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.
All critics should be assassinated.
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
Reality is fabricated out of desire.