If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !

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 paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

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

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

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 !

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