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

Topics: Salvador Dali Quotes

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...

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good...

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good...

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it...

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it...

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

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...

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...

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

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...

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

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.

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.

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to...

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to...

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

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

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...

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being...

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being...

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,...

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.