I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

Quote by Salvador Dali

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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good...

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good...

I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.

I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work...

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work...

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is...

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is...

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our...

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is...

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is...

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is...

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do,...

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do,...

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of...

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of...

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was...

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was...

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in...

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in...

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.