We know today that form is always the product of an inquisitorial process of matter – the specific reaction of matter when subjected to the terrible … - Salvador Dalí

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We know today that form is always the product of an inquisitorial process of matter – the specific reaction of matter when subjected to the terrible coercion of space choking it on all sides, pressing and squeezing it out, producing the swellings that burst form it life to the exact limits of the rigorous contours of its own originality of reaction.

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About Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist, born in Catalonia, Spain. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work and his exceptional way of life and expression.

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Native Name: Salvador Dalí i Domènech
Alternative Names: Dalí Felip Jacint Domenech Felip Jacint Domènech Salvador Dali Salvador Dali Domenech Salvador Dali i Domenech Salvador Dali y Domenech Salvador Dalm y Domenech Salvador Dalí Domènech Salvador Dalí y Domènech Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech Salvador Felip Jacint Dali Domenech Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali Domenech Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech Salvator Dali Salvator Dalí
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My mother's death supervened, and this was the greatest blow I had experienced in my life. I worshipped her... I could not resign myself to the loss of a being on whom I counted to make invisible the unavoidable blemishes of my soul.” — Salvador Dalí, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí

Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

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