---
name: "Salvador Dalí on False and True Memories"
date: 2026-06-21
link: "https://wordsmith.org/words/cats_meow.html"
linkText: "wordsmith.org"
source: "A.Word.A.Day"
topics: [words-and-humor]
tags: [memory, psychology, surrealism, awad]
description: "On why false memories shine brightest."
---

> 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.

— Salvador Dalí, painter (11 May 1904–1989). A.Word.A.Day Thought for Today.