Thursday, January 6, 2011
Salvador Dali at auction
"Paul Eluard" (1929) by Salvador Dali is included in Sotheby's auction, ``Looking Closely: A Private Collection,'' to be held in London on Feb. 10. It is estimated at 3.5 million pounds to 5 million pounds. Eluard's wife, Gala, became Dali's life-long companion and muse. Source: Sotheby's via Bloomberg
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
salvador dali quotes
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.
Salvador Dali
Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
Salvador Dali
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
Salvador Dali
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Salvador Dali
Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
Salvador Dali
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Salvador Dali
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Salvador Dali
I don't do drugs. I am drugs.
Salvador Dali
I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
Salvador Dali
I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
Salvador Dali
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
Salvador Dali
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
Salvador Dali
Let my enemies devour each other.
Salvador Dali
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
Salvador Dali
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.
Salvador Dali
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Salvador Dali
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
Salvador Dali
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
Salvador Dali
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
Salvador Dali
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Salvador Dali
Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
Salvador Dali
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Salvador Dali
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Salvador Dali
I don't do drugs. I am drugs.
Salvador Dali
I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
Salvador Dali
I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
Salvador Dali
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
Salvador Dali
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
Salvador Dali
Let my enemies devour each other.
Salvador Dali
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
Salvador Dali
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.
Salvador Dali
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Salvador Dali
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
Salvador Dali
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
Salvador Dali
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Salvador Dali The Mock Turtles Story
Salvador Dali created his interpretation of the well known story, "Alice in Wonderland"
One of the most sought after works in the suite of prints is titled: The Mock Turtles Story
One of the most sought after works in the suite of prints is titled: The Mock Turtles Story
Monday, January 3, 2011
Old Dali Museum Closes, new museum opens Jan 11th
Visitors took advantage of their last chance to tour the old Salvador Dali museum.
The building closed for good Sunday evening.
The new improved Dali Museum opens 1/11/11
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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