The reason some portraits don’t look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
SALVADOR DALIIt 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.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.
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For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful.
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We are children of God, and the entire universe tends towards the perfection of mankind.
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An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.
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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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Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.
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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
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Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
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The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad.
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Beauty should be edible, or not at all.
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Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.
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It is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures
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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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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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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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