Man Ray

Visual Arts United States 1890 – 1976 102 quotes

Dada and Surrealist experimenter with photograms and solarization.

Quotes by Man Ray

The shadow is as important as the light.

Book 1928

Art is eternal, fashion is ephemeral.

Interview 1948

I create to escape reality.

Letter 1920

The lens sees what the mind directs.

Speech 1939

Innovation comes from breaking rules.

Self Portrait 1963

Memory is the canvas of the soul.

Essay 1952

I am a painter who photographs.

Interview 1918

Dreams are the raw material of art.

Book 1923

The artist must remain a child.

Letter 1942

Light reveals, darkness conceals.

Exhibition notes 1926

Creation is an act of defiance.

Speech 1937

I see the world through a viewfinder.

Interview 1961

Art is the language of the soul.

Journal 1915

Every photograph is a fiction.

Essay 1940

The future belongs to the bold.

Letter 1922

I capture moments that never were.

Speech 1958

Life imitates art more than art imitates life.

Self Portrait 1963

The enigma of existence is what drives me.

Interview 1931

In the end, all is light and shadow.

Last words 1976

Humor is the spice of creation.

Book 1946