Salvador Dali — "The public is accustomed to seeing me as a clown. But I am a very serious clown."

"[I got my start in the art world] before one month, before new life, before born, you know?... Because my first concrete memories is intra uterine (sic) memories…"

"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."

"Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

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

"I am antipodes of myself: alternately humble and convinced of my regal superiority."