Man Ray Paint Quotations

I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph

I paint when I cannot photograph.

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.

I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in existence.

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.