“In 1951 the two most subversive things that could happen to an ex-surrealist were: firstly, to become a mystic and secondly, to know how to draw. These two models of rigour happened to me at the same time.”

—  Salvador Dalí

Quote from Dali's lecture, 1951 'Pablo Picasso et moi', (MPC 65)
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1951 - 1960

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