Salvador Dalí Quotes

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

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 thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

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

Beauty should be edible, or not at all.

An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.

What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.

Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

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

This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?

The difference between false memories and true ones is thesame as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look themost real, the most brilliant.

«No es que yo sea bueno, es que los demás son tan malos que la comparación se revela imposible.»

The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!