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
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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.
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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.
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 !