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 paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
Cher Tzara. Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.