"I am not an eccentric. I am merely a man who likes to be noticed."

"Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy—the joy of being Salvador Dalí—and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?"

"It's curious, I'm much more interested in talking, or to be in touch with the people who think the opposite as I think, than to those who think the same as me."

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

"For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful."