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Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Spanish painter

Lived from: 1904 - 1989

Category: Artists Country: FlagSpain

Born: 11 may 1904 Died: 23 january 1989

  • At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

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  • At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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  • Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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  • Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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  • Have no fear of perfection-you'll never reach it.
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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.
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  • I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
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  • I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
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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.
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  • It is either easy or impossible.
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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.
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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.
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  • Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
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  • The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
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  • The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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  • The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.
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  • The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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  • The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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  • There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
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  • There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
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  • This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.
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What are the most famous quotes from Salvador Dali?

The two most famous quotes from Salvador Dali are:

  • "At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."
  • "Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making."

When did Salvador Dali live?

Salvador Dali was born in 1904 and died in the year 1989.