Nothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!

Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali.

If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!

Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain it.

I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.

When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault.

Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.