55 Quotes by Man Ray

Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.

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.

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

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.

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.

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !