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New skin, a new land! And a land of liberty, if that is possible! I chose the geology of a land that...

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The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí

What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

«No es que yo sea bueno, es que los demás son tan malos que la comparación se revela imposible.»

Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I a...

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Beauty should be edible, or not at all.

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been ...

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Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

I tried sex once with a woman and it was Gala. It was overated. I tried sex once with a man and that...

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The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.

Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health.However, I always ca...

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Dalí's Mustache

An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

My mother's death supervened, and this was the greatest blow I had experienced in my life. I worship...

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The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

It is good taste and good taste alone that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the firs...

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Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationali...

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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: t...

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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject rather does the person grow to look like his por...

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Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the societ...

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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess gre...

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What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible re...

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It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the firs...

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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyo...

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The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!

The difference between false memories and true ones is thesame as for jewels: it is always the false...

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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

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Salvador Dalí

Painter

Born: 1904-05-11

Died: 1989-01-23

Salvador Dalí (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist, born in Catalonia, Spain. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work and his exceptional way of life and expression.More