Quotation by Salvador Dali

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Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp ed. Pierre Cabanne (1968, trans. 1971)Diary of a Genius (1966)Quoted in Saranne Alexandrian, Surrealist Art (1969)Secret Life of Salvador Dali (1948)The Diary of a Genius (1966)

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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

Salvador Dali (1904–1989), Spanish painter. Diary of a Genius, entry for May 11, 1956 (1966).

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