I have never painted a recent picture.

- Man Ray

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

- Man Ray

Reality is fabricated out of desire.

- Man Ray

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

- Man Ray

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

- Man Ray

I never knew what I was doing until I was done.

- Man Ray

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

- Man Ray

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 determine…

- 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 …

- Man Ray