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…

Quote by Salvador Dali

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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was...

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was...

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is...

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is...

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

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

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

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

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

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

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

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

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is...

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is...

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

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

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

I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.

I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do,...

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do,...

Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in...

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is...

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

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

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to...

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to...

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.