Picasso is a communist. Neither am I.

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 story of the subconscious mind can be told in three words: there is none.

I opposed the U.S. involvement in Lebanon. We ended up having to withdraw our marines after our barracks were blown up.

Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift.

One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.

I got frustrated with films like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," where the only answer to deal with a Near-Earth Object is basically Bruce Willis with a big drill.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

People are afraid because I'm candid. They're always worried I'm going to get into trouble.

Never be in debt. Never reside near enemies. Never trap your body through disease. Never forget the Lord with his consort who resides in the heart.

The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem.