I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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.
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 create is divine, to reproduce is human.
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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.
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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 !
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.
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