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To be interesting, one has to provoke.

Salvador Dali

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Salvador Dali
Age: 84 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 11
Died: 1989
Died: January 23
Actor
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Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí
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Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech
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Salvador Dalí i Domènech
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Felip Jacint Domènech
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All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
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Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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Eroticism, hallucinogenic drugs, nuclear science, Gaudi's Gothic architecture, my love of gold - there is a common denominator in all of it: God is present in everything. The same magic is at the heart of all things, and all roads lead to the same revelation: we are children of God, and the entire universe tends towards the perfection of mankind.
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The famous soft watches are nothing else than the tender, extravagant, solitary, paranoic-critical camembert oftime and space.
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I'm going to live forever. Geniuses don't die.
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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
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There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
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Beauty should be edible, or not at all.
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Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all.
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