Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Quotes

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

• Have no fear of perfection -- you will never reach it.

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

• The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

• Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

• I don't do drugs: I am drugs.

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

• It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.

• I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

• There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

• The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad

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