Salvador Dali Professions : Painter Born : May 11, 1904 Died : January 23, 1989 Browse All Authors Top 141 quotes by Salvador Dali For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful. Salvador Dali ugly beautiful looks 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. Salvador Dali thirsty hungry art The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret. Salvador Dali criminal-mind secret art Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts will appear later... when Europe will have restored its traditional monarchies. Salvador Dali habit government europe People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings. Salvador Dali painting mystery people Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. Salvador Dali artist hurt war Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali awake joy morning Everyone should eat hashish, but only once. Salvador Dali hashish should Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. Salvador Dali tattoo personality art Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums. Salvador Dali purpose trying museums I worry about another leg down in the economies causing social disruption because deleveragings can be very painful - it depends on how they're managed. Salvador Dali legs painful worry And now the announcement of Watson and Crick about DNA. This is for me the real proof of the existence of God. Salvador Dali real god science 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. Salvador Dali respect artist love Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being. Salvador Dali modern artist helping The daily life of a genius, his sleep, his digestion, he ecstasies, his nails, his colds, his blood, his life and death are essentially different from the rest of mankind. Salvador Dali life-and-death sleep blood God is just another artist, like me. Salvador Dali like-me artist Who knows how to taste wine never drinks wine again, but tastes secrets instead Salvador Dali wine taste secret [My art is] capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the 'practical, rational world.' Salvador Dali men world art All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting. Salvador Dali painting science knowledge I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy of my equilibrium, who banished the salamanders of my doubts and strengthened the lions of certainties. Salvador Dali lions doubt writing Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors