Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
SALVADOR DALIThe true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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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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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?” Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.
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Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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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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Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
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Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
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Sometimes I spit on my mother’s portrait for pleasure.
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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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What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
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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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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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Man cannot change or escape his time. The eye sees the present and the future.
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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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The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets.
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