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.
SALVADOR DALIMy art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Forever will be you and me.
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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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Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in dreams.
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I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.
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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life
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A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
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To be interesting, one has to provoke.
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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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It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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Let my enemies devour each other.
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