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

Quote by Salvador Dali

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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 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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

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 thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

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

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...

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

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...

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 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...

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...

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

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...

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

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

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