Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
SALVADOR DALIDemocratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
SALVADOR DALII am the Don Quixote of unreality.
SALVADOR DALIWhat is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
SALVADOR DALIMustache? Mustache? Mustache?” Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.
SALVADOR DALII am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.
SALVADOR DALIGreat wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it.
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 DALIThe two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali.
SALVADOR DALIAll of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
SALVADOR DALISurrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
SALVADOR DALIThere are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
SALVADOR DALIFreedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.
SALVADOR DALIThe sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad.
SALVADOR DALIIf you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
SALVADOR DALIGod invented man, and man invented the metric system.
SALVADOR DALIThe 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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