I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
SALVADOR DALIThe 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.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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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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Right now I’m the greatest. I don’t say this through vanity. It’s just that the rest are so bad.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I am not strange. I am just not normal.
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The problem with the youth of today’ is that one is no longer part of it.
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It is either easy or impossible.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.
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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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When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another.
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Paranoiac-critical activity makes the world of delirium pass onto the plane of reality.
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There comes a moment in every person’s life when they realise they adore me.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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God is present in everything.
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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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