New skin, a new land! And a land of liberty, if that is possible! I chose the geology of a land that was new to me.

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.

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

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.

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?

I tried sex once with a woman and that woman was Gala. It was overrated. I tried sex once with a man and that man was the famous juggler Federico Garcia Lorca [the Spanish Surrealist poet]. It was very painful.

Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.