“ 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,… Man Ray
“ Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art. Man Ray
“ I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. Man Ray
“ 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… Man Ray
“ 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. Man Ray
