I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further,… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live,… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
“Dalí is one marvellous painter, but in living times he's one marvellous clown —more interesting for everybody.” — Salvador Dalí Copy Share Image
[My art is] capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the 'practical, rational world.' — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
“If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.” — Salvador Dalí Copy Share Image
Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health. However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette… — Salvador Dali Copy Share
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. — Salvador Dali Copy Share
Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision. — Salvador Dali Copy Share
Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and… — Salvador Dali Copy Share
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory. — Salvador Dali Copy Share
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete… — Salvador Dali Copy Share
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing… — Salvador Dali Copy Share
Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts will appear… — Salvador Dali Copy Share
Without hesitation, I place Freud among the heroes. He dispossessed the Jewish people of the greatest and most influential of all heroes-Moses. — Salvador Dali Copy Share
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