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title: "7 Dali Quotes By Salvador Dali"
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> [Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dali.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/every-morning-when-i-awake-the-greatest-of-joys-is-mine-that-of-being/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/salvador-dali-2350_awake_every-morning-when-i-awake-the-greatest_1466861.png)

> [Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/every-morning-upon-awakening-i-experience-a-supreme-pleasure-that-of/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/salvador-dali-2350_asks_every-morning-upon-awakening-i-experienc_1614668.jpg)

> [Whatever happens, my audience mustn't know whether I am spoofing or being serious; and likewise I mustn't know either. I am in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/whatever-happens-my-audience-mustn-t-know-whether-i-am-spoofing-or/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/salvador-dali-2350_audience_whatever-happens-my-audience-mustn-t-kno_2486267.png)

> [The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/the-two-greatest-strokes-of-luck-that-can-happen-to-a-painter-are-1/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/salvador-dali-2350_artist_the-two-greatest-strokes-of-luck-that-ca_2634922.png)

> [Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/each-morning-when-i-awake-i-experience-again-a-supreme-pleasure-that/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/salvador-dali-2350_awake_each-morning-when-i-awake-i-experience-a_2694635.png)

> [Dali was Renaissance man converted to psychoanalysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/dali-was-renaissance-man-converted-to-psychoanalysis/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/salvador-dali-2350_dali_dali-was-renaissance-man-converted-to-ps_2763372.png)

> [You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/you-know-the-worst-thing-is-freedom-freedom-of-any-kind-is-the-worst/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/salvador-dali-2350_anxious_you-know-the-worst-thing-is-freedom-free_3144688.jpg)

## Other authors on Dali

## More by Salvador Dali

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/since-i-don-t-smoke-i-decided-to-grow-a-mustache-it-is-better-for-the/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/there-is-only-one-difference-between-a-madman-and-me-the-madman/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/those-who-do-not-want-to-imitate-anything-produce-nothing/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/someone-like-myself-who-claimed-to-be-a-real-madman-living-and/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/i-seated-ugliness-on-my-knee-and-almost-immediately-grew-tired-of-it/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/great-wine-requires-a-mad-man-to-grow-the-vine-a-wise-man-to-watch/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/liking-money-like-i-like-it-is-nothing-less-than-mysticism-money-is-a/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/instead-of-stubbornly-attempting-to-use-surrealism-for-purposes-of/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [It is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/it-is-mostly-with-your-blood-gala-that-i-paint-my-pictures/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/at-the-age-of-six-i-wanted-to-be-a-cook-at-seven-i-wanted-to-be/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [To be interesting, one has to provoke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/to-be-interesting-one-has-to-provoke/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Beauty should be edible, or not at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/beauty-should-be-edible-or-not-at-all/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/the-thermometer-of-success-is-merely-the-jealousy-of-the-malcontents/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts will appear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/democratic-governments-are-not-suited-to-the-publication-of-the/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

> [Without hesitation, I place Freud among the heroes. He dispossessed the Jewish people of the greatest and most influential of all heroes-Moses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/without-hesitation-i-place-freud-among-the-heroes-he-dispossessed-the/)

[Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/)

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