I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
SALVADOR DALIWhen we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Forever will be you and me.
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Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
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What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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It is either easy or impossible.
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Paranoiac-critical activity makes the world of delirium pass onto the plane of reality.
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The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.
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People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
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The mere fact of photographic transposition means a total invention: the capture of a secret reality.
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Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all.
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Sometimes I spit on my mother’s portrait for pleasure.
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Many people do not reach their eighties because they spend too much time in their forties.
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So little of what could happen does happen.
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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.
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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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