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It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.

— Salvador Dalí Diary of a Genius (1964)

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I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.

Diary of a Genius (1964)

Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision..

Diary of a Genius (1964)

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

When you are a genius, you do not have the right to die, because we are necessary for the progress of humanity..

An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and who has no hair under her arms.

The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí (1942)

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