Salvador Dali was born in Figuerres,Spain in 1904 and died in the same town in 1989 at the age of 84. His full name, amazingly, was Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marqués de Dalí de Pubol.
With a name like that, it is not surprising that Dali was not – and did not consider himself – to be a regular person.
Some of the Salvador Dali quotes we have chosen reflect his awareness of his character and ego.
He is best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist paintings, but his expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931.
Dalí enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork.
Look through the quotes we have selected to gain an insight into the character of Salvador Dali:
- Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
- There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
- Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
- Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dali.
- There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
- Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
- The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
- The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
- Let my enemies devour each other.
- Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
- Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
- Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Do you understand from these quotes whether Salvador Dali was a genius, or mad, or both!
Do you like his work? Do you believe Surrealism is a valid art form?
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