Man Ray
1890-1976
American Avant-Garde Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Filmmaker and Inventor of Rayographs
Stylistically Influenced by the Following Art Movements and Painters -Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Odilon Redon, Joan Miró, Manet and Gustave Moreau
Cause of Death: Old Age
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Man Ray Art Quotations
One of the satisfactions of
a genius is his will-power
and obstinacy. -- Man Ray
All critics should be
assassinated. -- Man Ray
It has never been my object
to record my dreams, just
the determination to realize
them. -- Man Ray
A creator needs only one
enthusiast to justify him.
-- Man Ray
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
I paint what cannot be
photographed, that which
comes from the imagination
or from dreams, or from an
unconscious drive. -- 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
Man Ray Interesting
Facts:
Man Ray was born as Emmanuel
Radnitsky in Philadelphia.
He began to sign his name as
Man Ray in 1912.
Man Ray's best buddy was his
friend, the French painter
Marcel Duchamp.
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