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Salvador Dali Quotes

If you refuse to study anatomy, the arts of drawing and perspective, the mathematics of aesthetics, and the science of color, let me tell you that this is more a sign of laziness than of genius Picture Quote #1

I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly Picture Quote #1

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since Picture Quote #1

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad Picture Quote #1

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali Picture Quote #1

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning Picture Quote #1

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Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them Picture Quote #1

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making Picture Quote #1

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid Picture Quote #1

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait Picture Quote #1

I have Dalinian thought: The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous Picture Quote #1

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums Picture Quote #1

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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision Picture Quote #1

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant Picture Quote #1

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot Picture Quote #1

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art Picture Quote #1

One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams Picture Quote #1

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you Picture Quote #1

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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life Picture Quote #1

I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone Picture Quote #1

There is only one difference between a madman and myself. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad Picture Quote #1

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob Picture Quote #1

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation Picture Quote #1

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction Picture Quote #1

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What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust Picture Quote #1

Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali Picture Quote #1

The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali Picture Quote #1

The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it Picture Quote #1

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If you refuse to study anatomy, the arts of drawing and perspective, the mathematics of aesthetics, and the science of color, let me tell you that this is more a sign of laziness than of genius (Salvador Dali Quotes) I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly (Salvador Dali Quotes) At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since (Salvador Dali Quotes) Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad (Salvador Dali Quotes) Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali (Salvador Dali Quotes) It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning (Salvador Dali Quotes) Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them (Salvador Dali Quotes) Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making (Salvador Dali Quotes) Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid (Salvador Dali Quotes) I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait (Salvador Dali Quotes) I have Dalinian thought: The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous (Salvador Dali Quotes) Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums (Salvador Dali Quotes) Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision (Salvador Dali Quotes) The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant (Salvador Dali Quotes) The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot (Salvador Dali Quotes) We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art (Salvador Dali Quotes) One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams (Salvador Dali Quotes) Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you (Salvador Dali Quotes) You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life (Salvador Dali Quotes) I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone (Salvador Dali Quotes) There is only one difference between a madman and myself. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad (Salvador Dali Quotes) In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob (Salvador Dali Quotes) Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation (Salvador Dali Quotes) There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction (Salvador Dali Quotes) What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust (Salvador Dali Quotes) Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali (Salvador Dali Quotes) The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali (Salvador Dali Quotes) The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it (Salvador Dali Quotes)

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