The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.

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 good thing about being numb is that no one can hurt you, but the bad thing about being numb is that no one can love you.

For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level.

Be adaptable, flexible and never stop learning. The rate of change will never stop and neither should you.

It’s amazing how things could change so quickly, in the blink of an eye. Maybe more miracles awaited on the horizon.

I do think funny is like sexy. You're either funny and sexy, or you're not.

I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.

The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, "Senator, we ought to change the policy," then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.

To be angry is very good. It burns out things and leaves nutrients in the soil. You should always be ready to be angry at injustice and cruelty.

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.