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I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision..
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
When you are a genius, you do not have the right to die, because we are necessary for the progress of humanity..
An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and who has no hair under her arms.
The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí (1942)
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.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.
Begin by drawing and painting like the old masters. After that do as you see fit - you will always be respected.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Don't be afraid of perfection. You will never attain it!
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
The daily life of a genius, his sleep, his digestion, he ecstasies, his nails, his colds, his blood, his life and death are essentially different from the rest of mankind.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
What is an elegant woman? An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and who has no hair under her arms.
If the secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret, the secret of Gala’s influence has been to remain in turn doubly secret.
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.
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.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Death is the thing I am most afraid of, and the resurrection of the flesh, a great Spanish theme, is the one that it is hardest for me to accept, from the point of view of.. ..life.
Surrounded by countless people who murmur my name and call me 'maître', I am about to inaugurate the exhibition of my one hundred illustrations of the Divine Comedy at the Galliera Museum.
Diary of a Genius (1964)
Every time I lose a little sperm I'm convinced I've wasted it. I always feel guilty afterwards.. .To start with, I'm not as impotent as all that.
Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí.