“I am Surrealism.”
Le Surréalisme, c'est moi.
Quote in Salvador Dali : Master of Surrealism and Modern Art (1971) by George Cevasco, p. 13
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1971 - 1980
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“I contrast hierarchy with hegemony, the juxtaposition of the real & surreal”
Interview with Sameer Rahim, 'Poetry as History', Telegraph Review, 14 December 2013.
Interview, Telegraph Review, 2013
“I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal.”
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
Source: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
“In the surreal world of the DPRK”
A similar, shorter, quote also appears here:
Context: Just imagine if Seoul and Washington vastly increased funding for radio broadcast and other information operations into North Korea, as they well should. In an Orwellian world, “War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.” In the surreal world of the DPRK, the past 62 years of de facto peace in Korea is war, a life of extreme servitude to the state is freedom, and national strength is preserved by keeping the people ignorant of the outside world. Informing and educating the North Korean people is not only the right thing to do, but also a potentially great leverage vis-à-vis Pyongyang. Moreover, it can save lives, too.
“The reason that I like SF and fantasy and horror is that to me it's the pulp wing of surrealism.”
interview with 3am
“Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.”
“I also believe there is nothing more surreal and nothing more abstract than reality.”
from an interview, 1955; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 38
1945 - 1964
On her first performance in the contest, as quoted in "Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle won't get makeover says Amanda Holden" in The Mirror (17 April 2009) http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/17/britain-s-got-talent-star-susan-boyle-won-t-get-makeover-says-amanda-holden-115875-21283622/
Context: It was nerve-racking to begin with but once I started and the audience accepted it I relaxed. It has been surreal. I didn’t realise this would be the reaction I just got on with it. I can hardly remember what happened. I had my eyes closed most of the time. It really didn’t dawn on me what was happening.
I did it all for my late mum. I wanted to show I could do something with my life.
Speaking in 2014 on her first visit back to Northwestern University since she graduated in 2003 (a promotional visit for Suits) as quoted in Northwestern Now, a university publication http://archive.today/Vj26m
Prior to royal marriage
“Surrealism, is interested in a dream world that will penetrate the human psyche.”
Source: 1940 - 1950, The Plasmic Image 1. 1943-1945, p. 140