The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali.
SALVADOR DALINothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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There comes a moment in every person’s life when they realise they adore me.
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Nothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!
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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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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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Knowing how to look is a way of inventing.
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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 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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I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.
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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life
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Picasso is a communist. Neither am I.
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I shall be so brief that I have already finished.
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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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The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets.
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I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.
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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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