I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.
SALVADOR DALIMy art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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Don’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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Anything that does not take place erotically sublimates itself in the work of art.
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The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
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Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.
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Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
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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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The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments
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A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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Forever will be you and me.
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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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Let my enemies devour each other.
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Nothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!
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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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Do not strive to be a modern artist: it’s the one thing, unfortunately, you can’t help being.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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God is just another artist, like me.
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Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
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It is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures
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The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets.
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The problem with the youth of today’ is that one is no longer part of it.
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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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God invented man, and man invented the metric system.
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Geniuses must never die, the progress of mankind depends on us.
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