"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 …"

"At six years old I wanted to be a cooker, at seven I wanted to be Napoleon. My ambition has done nothing more than grow; now I just want to be Salvador Dalí and nothing else. On the other hand, this i…"

"One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams."

"The things we see are in our soul, not in the things. If Velazquez copies a photograph as best he can, he will get a Velazquez. If a fool copies a photograph exactly, he gets foolishness. So there is …"

"The only difference between me and other people is that I am Dalí."