Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Pubol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth11 May 1904
CityFigueres, Spain
blood paint
It is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures
knowledge painting tradition
All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
sea baths paint
When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath
two luck painter
The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali
understanding might painting
If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
people mystery painting
People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
clerks watches painting
Just as I am astonished that a bank clerk never eats a cheque, so too am I astonished that no painter before me ever thought of painting a soft watch.
communist painter
Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.
paint masters draws
Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.
differences mad spouse
There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't, and that's a spouse who can't cook and will. There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
fear firsts canvas
I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.
differences mad facts
The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad.
serious doe ends
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?
photography lenses unexpected
Nothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!