We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

Quote by Salvador Dali

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

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 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...

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 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.

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...