Salvador Dali Painter
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Spain
- Born: May 11, 1904
- Died: Jan 23, 1989
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marqués de Dalí de Pubol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, 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.
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
aging
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
being alone, being good & power
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
money
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
intelligence
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
art
Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
war
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
art & being good
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
jealousy & success
Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
experience & morning
The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
architecture, art & beauty
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
fear