Happy is he who causes a scandal

I was never capable of being an average pupil. I would either seem refractory to any teaching and give the impression of being completely dumb or I would fling myself on my work with a frenzy, a patience, and a willingness to learn that astonished everybody. But to awaken my zeal, it was necessary to offer me something I liked. Once my appetite had been whetted, I became ravenously hungry.

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 this Salvador Dalí is going to accomplish today?

Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images.

I don't take drugs: I am drugs.

Who knows how to taste wine never drinks wine again, but tastes secrets instead