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.
SALVADOR DALIPeople love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Anything that does not take place erotically sublimates itself in the work of art.
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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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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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Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in dreams.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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It is either easy or impossible.
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All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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Picasso is a communist. Neither am I.
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What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
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Do not strive to be a modern artist: it’s the one thing, unfortunately, you can’t help being.
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life
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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 secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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