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 DALII am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad.
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I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.
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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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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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Sometimes I spit on my mother’s portrait for pleasure.
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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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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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The mere fact of photographic transposition means a total invention: the capture of a secret reality.
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God is just another artist, like me.
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So little of what could happen does happen.
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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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Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?” Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.
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Don’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images.
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The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments
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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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When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another.
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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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Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
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Great 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.
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There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
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Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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God is present in everything.
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I am not strange. I am just not normal.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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