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

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

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

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

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.

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

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

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

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

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

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.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.