The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
Source: The Secret Life of Salvador Dali, ch. 4, 1948.
-- Salvador Dali, (May 11 1904-1989), Spanish painter, printmaker; He led the Surrealist Movement; noted for his explorations of subconscious imagery, e.g., Persistence of Memory, 1931.