Salvador Dali Quotes
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Genius has to pass over madness and madness over genius.
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Forever will be you and me.
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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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Geniuses must never die, the progress of mankind depends on us.
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I was never capable of being an average pupil. I would either seem refractory to any teaching and give the impression of being completely dumb or I would fling myself on my work with a frenzy, a patience, and a willingness to learn that astonished everybody. But to awaken my zeal, it was necessary to offer me something I liked. Once my appetite had been whetted, I became ravenously hungry.
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I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.
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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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All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
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Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dali.
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Since man's highest mission on earth is to spiritualize everything, it is his excrement in particular that needs it most.
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Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.
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Just as I am astonished that a bank clerk never eats a cheque, so too am I astonished that no painter before me ever thought of painting a soft watch.
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Beauty should be edible, or not at all.
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It is either easy or impossible.
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Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain it.
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I worry about another leg down in the economies causing social disruption because deleveragings can be very painful - it depends on how they're managed.
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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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The famous soft watches are nothing else than the tender, extravagant, solitary, paranoic-critical camembert oftime and space.
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Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali.
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Sometimes I spit on my mother's portrait for pleasure.
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To be interesting, one has to provoke.
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What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
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An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.
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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.