Man Ray

"I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence." — Undated interview, circa 1970s; published in Man Ray: Photographer, 1981

Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, but refused to acknowledge himself as anything but Man Ray in his lifetime. His family changed their surname to Ray after immigrating to the United States and seeing prevalent anti-Semitism. American modernist, spent most of his career in France.
Was most famous in his day for his portraits and fashion photography, and now he's known for his work within Dada and Surrealist movements.
Helped Duchamp on several pieces, and with Duchamp and Katherine Dreier helped found the first modern museum of art in the United States.

"There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it." — 1948 essay, "To Be Continued, Unnoticed".