I believe in the future resolution of these two states, dream and reality, which are seemingly so contradictory, into a kind of absolute reality, a surreality, if one may so speak.

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought.

Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore, you're settling.

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.

The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.

The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood.

It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself.

Objects seen in dreams should be manufactured and put on sale.

Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur.

Have intercourse with females, acquire wealth.

Life is a juggling act with your own emotions. The trick is to always keep something in your hand and something in the air.

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence.

Every Monday morning is new hope.

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.

The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.

Nobody ever lies about being lonely.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.