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.
SALVADOR DALII am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Geniuses must never die, the progress of mankind depends on us.
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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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So little of what could happen does happen.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
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Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
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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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Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in dreams.
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I’m going to live forever. Geniuses don’t die.
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Life is too short to remain unnoticed.
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The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
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Paranoiac-critical activity makes the world of delirium pass onto the plane of reality.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images.
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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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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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Forever will be you and me.
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Knowing how to look is a way of inventing.
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I am the Don Quixote of unreality.
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An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.
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We are children of God, and the entire universe tends towards the perfection of mankind.
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God is just another artist, like me.
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If I’m going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!
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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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