Salvador Dalí

"The paintings that mostly excited my curiosity were those in which impressionism was dissolved in favor of pointillism. The systematic use of orange and violet gave me a feeling of hope and joy, a feeling reminiscent of the one I got when I saw things through a prism surrounded by a rainbow. In the dining room in my house there was a glass jug with a small opening through which the world was presented in the impressionistic style. I used to have it in my pocket and took it out all the time in order to see things from the impressionistic angle.

"The possibility of not been recognized seemed terrifying to me."

"Since then my ambition has never stopped growing, and so is the case with my megalomania. I will only be Salvador Dali and nothing else, and as I approach this target, Salvador Dalí moves from me."

"The only difference between a madman and myself is that I'm not a madman."

"The only difference between the Surrealists and myself is that I am a surrealist."

"I needed the fame to avenge the dishonor of my mother's death"

"I will be heard throughout the world, for I am the most representative incarnation of postwar Europe, having experienced all the adventures, experiences and dramas."