Love him. He looks like he was such fun. He had the most interesting moustache! hehehe
A true artist!
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali, The Perfectionist
At the age of 6 I wanted to be a cook. At 7 I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
~ Salvador Dali
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A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
~Salvador Dali
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Be mad.
– Salvador Dali
Have no fear of perfection: you’ll never reach it.
– Salvador Dali
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
– Salvador Dali
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Let my enemies devour each other.
– Salvador Dali
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There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. ~Salvador Dali
| Birth name | Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech |
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| Born | May 11, 1904 Figueres, Catalonia, Spain |
| Died | January 23, 1989 (aged 84) Figueres, Catalonia, Spain |
| Spouse | Gala Dalí (Elena Ivanovna Diakonova) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Field | Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Writing, Film |
| Training | San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid |
| Movement | Cubism, Dada, Surrealism |
| Works | The Persistence of Memory(1931) Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment, (1935) Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)(1936) Swans Reflecting Elephants(1937) Ballerina in a Death’s Head(1939) Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944) The Temptation of St. Anthony(1946) Galatea of the Spheres (1952) Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)(195 |
A picture is a poem without words.
—Cornificus
Dali was a genius. His imagination was unparalleled.
The painting by Dali that really speaks to me was this one
Christ of St John of the Cross