Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1904 - 1989
1965 photo by Roger Higgins, New York World Telegram
Born: 11 May 1904, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Died: 23 January 1989, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Dali was born nine months after an older brother died and his parents babied and spoiled him enough for two, actually believing that the second Salvador Dali was the reincarnation of the first. He had his first exhibition of impressionist works at age thirteen. He entered Acadamia de San Fernando in 1922 and shifted to cubism. A few years later he had turned to surrealism, his most famous work, Persistence of Memory, which featured clocks melting, came in 1931. He had joined the French Surrealist Group in Paris in 1928 but didn't embrace their politics, he was "tried" and expelled for his politics 1934. He and his wife lived in the US from 1940-1948, then returned to Catalonia in 1949 and was criticized for living in Franco's Spain. He had an exquisite photo-realistic painting style, an incredible ego, a finely honed sense of self promotion, and one of the finest mustaches ever.
Biography from Wikipedia and the Salvador Dali Museum
Salvador Dali quotes:
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- A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others. permalink
Salvador Dali - An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms. permalink
Salvador Dali - The Secret Life of Salvador Dali (1968) - 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. permalink
Salvador Dali - Be mad. permalink
Salvador Dali - Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you. permalink
Salvador Dali - Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. permalink
Salvador Dali - Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making. permalink
Salvador Dali - Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being. permalink
Salvador Dali - Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid. permalink
Salvador Dali - Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. permalink
Salvador Dali - Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali. permalink
Salvador Dali - Everyone should eat hashish, but only once. permalink
Salvador Dali - Happy is he who causes a scandal. permalink
Salvador Dali - Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. permalink
Salvador Dali - I am not strange, I am just not normal. permalink
Salvador Dali
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