15 Quotes & Sayings By Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali is one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. He was born in Figueres, Spain, in 1904. He has had a wide range of success since he first turned to art. He is best known for his surrealist work that incorporates elements of Cubism, Futurism, and Expressionism with self-portraits Read more

His work has been shown in many solo exhibitions at museums around the world. Dali's work is also represented in many private collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Tate Gallery in London, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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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. Salvador Dali
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It is good taste and good taste alone that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. Salvador Dali
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. Salvador Dali
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What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust. Salvador Dali
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. Salvador Dali
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Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. Salvador Dali
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Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. Salvador Dali
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture. Salvador Dali
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Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. Salvador Dali
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It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. Salvador Dali
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Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. Salvador Dali
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. Salvador Dali
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Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory. Salvador Dali