I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.
SALVADOR DALIThe secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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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 strive to be a modern artist: it’s the one thing, unfortunately, you can’t help being.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images.
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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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We are children of God, and the entire universe tends towards the perfection of mankind.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.
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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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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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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.
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I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.
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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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Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all.
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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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