Salvador Dali — "I have invented nothing. I have merely revealed what was already there."

"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 …"

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."

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

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

"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."