One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

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

An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.

I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society.

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