Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
SALVADOR DALIDo not strive to be a modern artist: it’s the one thing, unfortunately, you can’t help being.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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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 do not take drugs. I am drugs.
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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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For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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I shall be so brief that I have already finished.
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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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All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
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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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Let my enemies devour each other.
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The reason some portraits don’t look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
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My art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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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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