A Quote for Sunday

Emmanuel Radnitzky, better known as Man Ray (1890-1976) was one of the great artists of the twentieth century, notably in the field of photography. Here's something he wrote that is worth giving a little thought:

"An original is a creation motivated by desire.
Any reproduction of an original is motivated
by necessity. The original is the result of an
automatic process, the reproduction, of a
mechanical process. In other words: Inspiration
then information; each validates the other. All
other considerations are beyond the scope of
these statements. It is marvelous that we are
the only species that creates gratuitous forms.
To create is divine, to reproduce is human."