Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
SALVADOR DALIPicasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
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Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.
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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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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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God invented man, and man invented the metric system.
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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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Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all.
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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.
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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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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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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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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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This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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My art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.
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The problem with the youth of today’ is that one is no longer part of 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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Do not strive to be a modern artist: it’s the one thing, unfortunately, you can’t help being.
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The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad.
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Many people do not reach their eighties because they spend too much time in their forties.
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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God is just another artist, like me.
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If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.
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Genius has to pass over madness and madness over genius.
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So little of what could happen does happen.
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