The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali.
SALVADOR DALII do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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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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The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets.
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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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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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When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another.
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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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Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.
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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
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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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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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