Creative Quotations from . . .
Salvador Dali
(1904-1989) born on
May 11
Spanish "painter, printmaker". "He led the Surrealist Movement; noted for his explorations of subconscious imagery, e.g., "Persistence of Memory," 1931."
 
   
F
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."

R
"It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."
A
The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
N
"I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait."
K
Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Diary of a Genius," Prologue, 1966; entry for 15 Jul 1952."
R: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
A: "Quoted in: Saranne Alexandrian, Surrealist Art, ch. 10 (1969"
N: Attributed.
K: ""Diary of a Genius," Prologue, 1966."



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