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Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter born on May 11, 1904, and died on January 23, 1989. He is renowned for his striking and bizarre images that have left a lasting impact on the art world. Dali's work is characterized by its vivid colors and dreamlike scenes, often challenging the viewer's perception of reality.

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Famous Salvador Dali Quotes

“If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.”

Ifs Wells Might Understanding Painting Paint

Book:50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship

Source: 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship

“New skin, a new land! And a land of liberty, if that is possible! I chose the geology of a land that was new to me.”

Ifs Liberty Land Skins Geology

Book:The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí

Source: The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí

“If you refuse to study anatomy, the arts of drawing and perspective, the mathematics of aesthetics, and the science of color, let me tell you that this is more a sign of laziness than of genius.”

Ifs Art Study Color Perspective Genius Let Me Mathematics Refuse Drawing Laziness Aesthetics Anatomy

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“Young people need plenty of difficulties to achieve something.... If you receive a little money for this, a little money for that, everything becomes mediocre, and collapses ignominiously.”

People Ifs Needs Littles Young Achieve Difficulty Plenty Collapse Mediocre Little Money

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“If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!”

Ifs Life Needs Art Remember Average Remember Me

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“You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months in jail in Spain, and these two months were the most enjoyable and happy in my life. Before my jail period, I was always nervous, anxious. I didn't know if I should make a drawing, or perhaps make a poem, or go to the movies or the theatre, or catch a girl, or play with the boys. The people put me in jail, and my life became divine. Tremendous!”

People Ifs Knows Should Kind Two Play Girl Boys Creativity Worst Divine Months Periods Theatre Drawing Nervous Jail Anxious Worst Things Spain Enjoyable Two Months

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“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 love. After that, be a snob.”

Ifs Love Giving Hard Artist Order Growing Talent Youth Respect Good Things Kicks Acquire Lasting Snob Lasting Love Great Talent I Respect You

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“I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.”

Ifs Thinking Men Needs Able Earth Likes Sweetest

Author:Salvador Dali

About the Author

Born: May 11, 1904
Died: January 23, 1989
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 138

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