We know today that form is always the product of an inquisitorial process of matter – the specific reaction of matter when subjected to the terrible … - Salvador Dalí

But I very early realized, instinctively, my life formula: to get others to accept as natural the excesses of one's personality an thus to relieve oneself of his own anxieties by creating a sort of collective participation.

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.

The difference between false memories and true ones is the
same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the
most real, the most brilliant.