Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in dreams.
SALVADOR DALIThe secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Life is too short to remain unnoticed.
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The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless.
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Man cannot change or escape his time. The eye sees the present and the future.
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The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.
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I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.
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I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.
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I do not believe in my death.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.
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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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To be interesting, one has to provoke.
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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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There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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Nothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!
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God is present in everything.
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I do not take drugs. I am drugs.
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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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People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
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Many people do not reach their eighties because they spend too much time in their forties.
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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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Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.
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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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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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Knowing how to look is a way of inventing.
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The famous soft watches are nothing else than the tender, extravagant, solitary, paranoic-critical camembert oftime and space.
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