"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."

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

"If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it."

"Genius has to pass over madness and madness over genius."

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