Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • He was influenced by Pablo Picasso and Freud among others. []
  • He wrote the autobiography The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. []
  • Dali and his wife Gala went as refugees to the USA during World War II. []
  • He was expelled from the surrealist movement in 1934. []
  • He married Gala Eluard in 1934. []
  • He met his future wife, the Russian-born Gala Eluard, in 1929. []
  • In his life he worked with people such as Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney. []
  • In 1929 he became a member of the Surrealist movement, but his works had been influenced by surrealism for two years prior to this. []
  • The melting watches are significant symbols in Dali's artwork. []
  • He became a close friend to both Luis Bunuel and Federico García Lorca when he moved to to Madrid in 1922. []
  • He studied at the Academia de San Fernando, in Madrid, Spain. []

Quotes

  • Dali: I am painting pictures which make me die for joy, I am creating with an absolute naturalness, without the slightest aesthetic concern, I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly. []
  • Dalí: What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it. []
  • Dalí: I don't do drugs; I am drugs. []
  • Dalí: The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad. []
  • Dalí: The only difference between Surrealism and myself is that I am Surrealism. []
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