On a day like today Salvador Dalí was born, the eccentric Catalan painter, sculptor and writer. Multifaceted man where they exist and endowed with a great talent especially for painting and for eccentricity. Luxury lover and narcissist to the core.
Let's know five curiosities about him:
1) Dalí was born 9 months after his older brother passed away (his name was also Salvador). He was told that he was the reincarnation of his brother.
2) Dalí created a painting titled "Hitler Masturbating."
3) Dalí was the person who designed the logo that appears on the Chupa Chups packaging.
4) Salvador Dalí had an anteater as a pet and from time to time he would take it out for a walk.
5) When Salvador Dalí was 16 years old, he said “I'm going to be a genius and the world will admire me. Perhaps I will be despised and misunderstood, but I will be a genius, a great genius, I am sure of it. " Source
Now I leave you with seven of his best phrases:
1) «At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven he wanted to be Napoleon. My ambition has only grown; now I just want to be Salvador Dalí and nothing else. On the other hand, this is very difficult, since, as I get closer to Salvador Dalí, he moves away from me. "
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2) "He who wants to interest others has to provoke them."
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3) "It's funny, I'm much more interested in talking, or being in contact with people who think the opposite of what I think, than those who think the same as I think."
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4) «In no way will I go back to Mexico. I can't stand being in a more surreal country than my paintings. "
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5) "The important thing is that they talk about you, even if it is well."
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6) "The only thing the world will never tire of is hype."
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7) «Without an audience, without the presence of spectators, these jewels would not achieve the function for which they were created. The viewer, therefore, is the final artist. His sight, heart, mind — with a greater or lesser capacity to understand the intention of the creator — gives life to the jewels. "