Salvador Dali

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I am only good because the other painters are so bad.

Paintings is only one of the means of my expression of my total genius, which exists when I write and when I live, when in some way or other I manifest my magic. A painting is such a minor thing compared to the magic I radiate.

This is very important because [I] work constantly in the moment of sleep. [All of my] best ideas [come] through my dreams.

Tradition brings something original, but we mustn't forget that is also drags along a lot of dust. The penalty for taking over habits is to find one self a prisoner of false academicism and ossified values. At that point. it's healthier to just as it's healthier to kick traditions in the behind simply to shake a bit of the dust off.

I enjoy my life every day, [more] every week, because of Sir Dalí and my admiration for Dalí is becoming tremendous.

After Naples yellow, I'm most strongly drawn to the color of oxygen, that is to say blue. In Vermeer, those are the two colors one finds most permanently.

So little of what could happen does happen.

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

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.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.

I am painting pictures which make me die for joy, I am creating with an absolute naturalness, without the slightest aesthetic concern, I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

I am not a surrealist. I am surrealism.

I am not a drug addict. I am a drug.

The great geniuses are those who have the shortest memory.

Bad taste is a kind of mental gluttony. We shall now dine.

The only thing the world will be short of in the future is money.