UNVERIFIED

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give early in your youth a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

Unverified

We haven't checked the source or attribution.

Our editorial team hasn't reviewed this quote yet, so neither its source nor its attribution has been confirmed. Treat it as unverified for now.

Translations

MORE QUOTES BY Salvador Dali

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad”

Salvador Dali

“I am not strange. I am just not normal.”

“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”

“The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas”

FEATURED QUOTES

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”

“In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.”

“One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.”

“Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble”

“Vision without execution is just hallucination.”

“The first wealth is health”

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”

“The root of suffering is attachment.”