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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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 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...

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...

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 thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

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

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.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.

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...

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...

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...

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

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

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

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...

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.