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Salvador Dali
The difference between...
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look...
The first man...
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was...
Those who do...
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Source: Dali by Dali,...
Mistakes are almost...
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them,...
In order to...
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to...
At the age...
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...
I have Dalinian...
I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the...
We are all...
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its...
Have no fear...
Have no fear of perfection -- you'll never reach it.
Source: In Friendly Advice,...
The secret of...
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Source: The...
Don't bother about...
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot...
It is good...
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any...
The terrifying and...
The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
Source: Quoted in:...
I do not...
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his...
Democratic societies are...
Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of...
The only difference...
The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.
Source: Diary of...
What is a...
What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen...
It is either...
It is either easy or impossible.
Source: Reply when asked if he found it hard to...
Instead of stubbornly...
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of...
There are some...
There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.