"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

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Source : Salvador Dali (2013). “The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí”, p.38, Courier Corporation

Salvador Dali

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“Your being born makes your parents God. You owe them your life, and they can control you. Then puberty makes you Satan, just because you want something better.”
“When I began making art, I just thought I liked it. As a woman who was placed in spaces with various conditions, conventions, and restrictions on self-expression, turning to art - whether visual art, writing novels, or writing articles - was to gain freedom from the space around me.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old.”
“It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.”
“I'm here to confuse you. Confusion is my right and left hook.”
“Painting taught literature to describe.”
“We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.”
“I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.”

Source : "What I know about men". Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2008.

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