If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
SALVADOR DALIFreedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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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 is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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Many people do not reach their eighties because they spend too much time in their forties.
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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 strive to be a modern artist: it’s the one thing, unfortunately, you can’t help being.
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The problem with the youth of today’ is that one is no longer part of it.
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For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful.
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If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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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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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.
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Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
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Sometimes I spit on my mother’s portrait for pleasure.
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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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