Salvador Dalí

Attributed

• "The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad."
  • Alternatively: "The difference between Dali and the crazy man is that Dali, is not, crazy!"

• "I do not take drugs. I am drugs."

• "Picasso es pintor, yo también; Picasso es español, yo también; Picasso es comunista, yo tampoco."
  • Translation: "Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I."

• "Pintar un cuadro es o muy sencillo o imposible."
  • Translation: "To paint a picture is either very simple or impossible."

• "El problema de la juventud de hoy es que ya no forma parte de ella."
  • Translation: " 'The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it."

• "Muchas personas no cumplen los ochenta porque intentan durante demasiado tiempo quedarse en los cuarenta."
  • Translation: "Many people do not reach their eighties because they spend too much time in their forties."

• "What is an elegant woman? An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and who has no hair under her arms."

• "Have no fear of perfection. You will never reach it."

• "At the age of six years I wanted to be a chef. At the age of seven I wanted to be Napoleon. My ambitions have continued to grow at the same rate ever since."

• "Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dalí."