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“My Weimaraners are perfect fashion models. Their elegant, slinky forms are covered in gray - and gray, everyone knows, goes with anything.”

Quote by William Wegman

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William Wegman, born on December 2, 1943, is an American artist renowned for his unique photography and video works. His art often centers around his pet dog Man Ray. Known for his humor, satire, and surrealistic elements, Wegman's work has had a profound impact on contemporary art. more

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“Man Ray... loved games and absolutely knew about the camera. It is interesting to note that, although I used him in only about 10 percent of the photographs and videotapes, most people think of him as omnipresent in my work. It irked me sometimes to be known only as the guy with the dog, but on the other hand it was a thrill to have a famous dog.”

People Thinking Men Sometimes Hands Used Guy Games Interesting Known Dog Percent Cameras Notes Photograph Working It Rays Thrill

Author:William Wegman

“Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It's like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn't have to talk all the time.”

Men Persons Conversation Thirds Pressure Rays Third Person

Book:Wegman's world: 5 December 1982 to 16 January 1983, Walker Art Center

Source: Wegman's world: 5 December 1982 to 16 January 1983, Walker Art Center

“I get so confused about life photography art.”

Art Photography Confused So Confused

Book:William Wegman: Funney/strange

Source: William Wegman: Funney/strange

“Photography as a subject is a good one. Its history is only about 150 years... You only have to know about twenty-five or thirty names and that's it. All you need. In painting there are more than 1,000.”

Knows Needs Years Names Five Subjects Painting Photography Twenties Thirty Twenty Five

Book:William Wegman: Funney/strange

Source: William Wegman: Funney/strange

“In 1978 I decided not to work with Man Ray as an act of self-discipline. I didn't want to rely on him. Man Ray hated not working, though. He would come into my studio, see me drawing or working on photographs, and just slump down at my feet with a big sigh. Fortunately for both of us the year ended. Polaroid had invented a new camera, the twenty-by-twenty-four, and I was invited to Cambridge, Mass., to experiment with it. Naturally, I took Man Ray and we were working again.”

Men Want Years Self Bigs Four Feet Discipline Mass Decided Twenties Cameras Photograph Studios Drawing Experiments Hated Rely Rays Self Discipline Sigh Invited Cambridge Slumps Polaroids

Author:William Wegman

“You can't erase a dream, you can only wake me up.”

Author:Peter Frampton

“Even if you have not awakened, if you realize that your perceptions and activities are all like dreams and you view them with detachment, not giving rise to grasping and rejecting discrimination, then this is virtually tantamount to awakening from the dream.”

Ifs Giving Dream Realizing Views Activity Perception Awakening Discrimination Detachment Awakened Grasping Rejecting

Author:Muso Soseki

“I know people who do a lot of drugs, and they keep thinking about things from the past and things ahead. But they're not living right here and now.”

People Thinking Knows Past Drug Here And Now Drunkenness Living Right

Author:Danny Masterson

“When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them.”

Found Left Parent Car Keys Months Towns

Author:Danny Masterson

“I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap - as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.”

Giving Ends Reality Earth Next Vision Planets Ready Balance Safe Vote Blue Slavery Green Eras Fuel Leap Fossils Emerging Fossil Fuel Abolishing Slavery

Author:Elizabeth May