The best Quotes by Salvador Dalí

Without a moustache, a man isn't dressed well.

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

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Have no fear of perfection - you will never reach it.

I don't do drugs. I am drugs.

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

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

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

The biggest problem with today's youth is, that you're not a part of it anymore.

Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

Art is a way of survival.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

I know it's a craze in Bollywood to have six-pack abs, but here, it's not the abs or the biceps that make us feel or look macho. Down south, the moustache still works for us.

I don't like myself without a beard.

The scruffier your beard, the sharper you need to dress.

Act on inspiration when it strikes.

Success is one part inspiration, nine parts desperation.

Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is the best.

My dad always told me, "I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner."

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.

Imperfections make someone perfect to me.

And then some days you wake up and everything's perfect.

Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

It's not the drugs that make a drug addict, it's the need to escape reality.

Sometimes in life when you get what you want, you end up missing what you left behind.

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know your lover when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know your lover when you've let her go

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

There are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane. Some of them became sane later in their lives.

I'm not crazy - my reality is just different from yours.

There is a place like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter.

It's a tough time, but these are the best years. Believe me.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

You have your whole life to be old but a few years to be young.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

You're never too old to be young.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.