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…

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I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.