Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
SALVADOR DALIDo not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
SALVADOR DALIPicasso is a communist. Neither am I.
SALVADOR DALIDon’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
SALVADOR DALIKnowing how to look is a way of inventing.
SALVADOR DALIThe secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
SALVADOR DALIIf you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
SALVADOR DALII am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.
SALVADOR DALIHappy is he who causes a scandal.
SALVADOR DALIEverything alters me, but nothing changes me.
SALVADOR DALIIt is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.
SALVADOR DALIEveryone should eat hashish, but only once.
SALVADOR DALIThe fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless.
SALVADOR DALIThere comes a moment in every person’s life when they realise they adore me.
SALVADOR DALIThe desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments
SALVADOR DALILife is too short to remain unnoticed.
SALVADOR DALIIt is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures
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