I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. Salvador Dali More Quotes by Salvador Dali More Quotes From Salvador Dali Now sexual obsessions are the basis of artistic creation. Accumulated frustration leads to what Freud calls the process of sublimation. Anything that does not take place erotically sublimates itself in the work of art Salvador Dali frustrationdoeart The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets Salvador Dali winesecretdoe 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. Salvador Dali drawingcolorart The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas. Salvador Dali ableusualideas 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! Salvador Dali creativitygirlboys Qui sait déguster ne boit plus jamais de vin, mais goûte des secrets Salvador Dali pluswinesecret The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. Salvador Dali reallovememories It is either easy or impossible. Salvador Dali artistimpossibleart I shall be so brief that I have already finished. Salvador Dali finished Whatever happens, my audience mustn't know whether I am spoofing or being serious; and likewise I mustn't know either. I am in a constant interrogation; when does the deep and philosophically valid Dali begin, and where does the looney and preposterous Dali end? Salvador Dali seriousendsdoe We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Salvador Dali concretethirstyhungry Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy - the joy of being Salvador Dalí - and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things this Salvador Dalí is going to accomplish today? Salvador Dali wake-upjoymorning Forever will be you and me. Salvador Dali be-youforever Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali beautifullifeart Knowing how to look is a way of inventing. Salvador Dali knowinglooksway At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. Salvador Dali workwittyfunny Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly. Salvador Dali contrarysacredmistake I tried sex once with a woman and that woman was Gala. It was overrated. I tried sex once with a man and that man was the famous juggler Federico Garcia Lorca [the Spanish Surrealist poet]. It was very painful. Salvador Dali painfulmensex I was never capable of being an average pupil. I would either seem refractory to any teaching and give the impression of being completely dumb or I would fling myself on my work with a frenzy, a patience, and a willingness to learn that astonished everybody. But to awaken my zeal, it was necessary to offer me something I liked. Once my appetite had been whetted, I became ravenously hungry. Salvador Dali teachingaveragegiving Everything that is contradictory creates life Salvador Dali contradictory
