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.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.