Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dali.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.

You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.

Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it.

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

I am not strange. I am just not normal.

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.

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.

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

The soul is like a caged bird, it waits for the right person to open the door and set it free.

A badge (police badge) isnt a hallmark of impunity, its a trademark of justice!

The suburbs are incredibly oppressive. I actually believe that the suburbs are much more dangerous than the ghettos.

I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi.

Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder.

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth.

If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.

There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.