Salvador Dalí

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“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 Dalí (1904-1989)

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“What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“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 Dalí (1904-1989)

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“One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“So little of what could happen does happen.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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"You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life"

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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"I shall be so brief that I have already finished"

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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"Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly."

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

easy impossible

"It is either easy or impossible."

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

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"The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it."

― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)