Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
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Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marqués de Dalí de Púbol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known professionally as Salvador Dalí (Catalan: [səɫβəˈðo ðəˈɫi]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes" to an "Arab lineage", claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics. 2Biography 3Early life Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech was born on 11 May 1904, at 8:45 am GMT, on the first floor of Carrer Monturiol, 20 (presently 6), in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain. In the Summer of 1912, the family moved to the top floor of Carrer Monturiol 24 (presently 10
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.
Forever will be you and me.
The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments.
...the secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
So little of what could happen does happen.
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.
What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly.
Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.
Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.