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Man Ray Art Quotes

1890-1976

American Avant-Garde Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Filmmaker  and Inventor of Rayographs

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy. -- Man Ray quote

All critics should be assassinated. -- Man Ray 
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. -- Man Ray
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him. -- Man Ray 
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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. -- Man Ray 
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. -- Man Ray 
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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
 
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Paul Gauguin art quotes

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Major Artists Associated with the Post-Impressionist Movement
Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) French, 
Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903 French
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) 
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1897) French
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)  Dutch
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) French




  


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