Dali, 50 magical secrets, Salvador Dali, numbered edition (book)

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Dali, 50 magical secrets, Salvador Dali, numbered edition (book) 1985, excellent condition. La Bibliothèque des Arts, Masters of yesterday and today. Numbered edition in French, in box. 167 pages.

At six I wanted to be Napoleon – and I wasn’t.
At fifteen I wanted to be Dali and I was.
At twenty-five I wanted to become the most sensational painter in the world and I succeeded.
At thirty-five I wanted to ensure my life through success and I succeeded.
Now at forty-five I want to paint a masterpiece and save modern art from chaos and laziness. I will succeed!
This book is dedicated to this crusade and I dedicate it to all young people who believe in true painting.
Dalí

During his years of study in different art schools, Dali acquired solid knowledge and technical mastery which allowed him to enjoy all the aesthetic resources of the classical tradition, while letting the most secret forces of his subconscious speak. “Start by learning to draw and paint like the old masters,” he said, “then you can do as you want, everyone will respect you.” “No masterpiece in laziness!” Salvador Dali’s strength is that he never stopped experimenting with new painting techniques, for example Boultism in the 1950s, projecting paint onto the canvas using an arquebus, but also constantly returning to the sources of painting by assiduously studying the great masters. Making a clean sweep of the past yes, but after having assimilated it… In 1948, he delivered to the world through his book “50 magical secrets” all of his major experiences on his technique, summarizing 20 years of learning. Salvador Dali was endowed with a universal curiosity, which brings him very close to Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci. “The jaws of my mind are in perpetual motion”