Salvador Dalí quotes

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. (Salvador Dalí)
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. View quote
Salvador Dalí
I don't do drugs. I'm drugs. View quote
Salvador Dalí
A man without ambition is like a bird without wings. View quote
Salvador Dalí
What is an elegant woman? An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and who has no hair under her arms. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. View quote
Salvador Dalí
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret. (Salvador Dalí)
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. View quote
Salvador Dalí
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. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. View quote
Salvador Dalí
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. View quote
Salvador Dalí
A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others. View quote
Salvador Dalí
There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. View quote
Salvador Dalí
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. View quote
Salvador Dalí
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. View quote
Salvador Dalí
If you refuse to study anatomy, the arts of drawing and perspective, the mathematics of aesthetics, and the science of color, let me tell you that this is more a sign of laziness than of genius. (Salvador Dalí)
Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts will appear later.... when Europe will have restored its traditional monarchies. View quote
Salvador Dalí
Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision.. View quote
Salvador Dalí
You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dalí spent two months in jail in Spain, and these two months were the most enjoyable and happy in my life. Before my jail period, I was always nervous, anxious. I didn't know if I should make a drawing, or perhaps make a poem, or go to the movies or the theater, or catch a girl, or play with the boys. The people put me in jail, and my life became divine. Tremendous! View quote
Salvador Dalí
Let my enemies devour each other. View quote
Salvador Dalí