If you understand a 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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My art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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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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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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People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.
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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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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 secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.
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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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Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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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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