Sometimes I spit on my mother’s portrait for pleasure.
SALVADOR DALII am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.
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I am a contradictory and paradoxical man.
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A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
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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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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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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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My art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.
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If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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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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God is present in everything.
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So little of what could happen does happen.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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