All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
SALVADOR DALIFor me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful.
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Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.
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Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.
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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.
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The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless.
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It’s better to have loved and lost than do forty pounds of laundry a week.
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The reason some portraits don’t look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
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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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I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.
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It 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.
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Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.
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Life is too short to remain unnoticed.
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Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?” Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.
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