Famous Quotes

"It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

Salvador Dali on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Salvador Dali

• "At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."

• "It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

• "The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture."

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

• "Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality."