Salvador Dalí Quotes

Most popular Salvador Dalí Quotes

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. - Salvador Dalí quote.
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
— Salvador Dalí
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. - Salvador Dalí quote.
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
— Salvador Dalí

success

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory. - Salvador Dalí quote.
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
— Salvador Dalí

money

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

egotism

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. - Salvador Dalí quote.
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
— Salvador Dalí
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. - Salvador Dalí quote.
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.
— Salvador Dalí Dialoques with Marcel Duchamp

originality poets

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. - Salvador Dalí quote.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
— Salvador Dalí Diary of a Genius

taste

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. - Salvador Dalí quote.
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.
— Salvador Dalí The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

memory