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.
Source: Prologue, The Secret Life of Salvador Dali, 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.