The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.
SALVADOR DALI
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Salvador Dali103 quotes“The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.”
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Salvador DaliSalvador Dali I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?” Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali The problem with the youth of today’ is that one is no longer part of it.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali I do not believe in my death.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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Salvador DaliSalvador Dali Forever will be you and me.
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Salvador DaliSalvador Dali I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images.
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