Thoughts and Anecdotes

Salvador Dalí is one of the greatest originals of the 20th century. His brilliant paintings are known even to people who aren’t interested in the visual arts. And his shocking revelations about his life, along with his elegant, ironic thoughts about people and objects, will let the reader view the surrounding world through the eyes of a great master of provocation.

Dalí’s work and personality have always sparked plenty of debate, and his extravagant behavior and unconventional aesthetic outlook are capable of both attracting and repelling at the same time.

This book brings together funny stories, sayings, thoughts, paradoxes, and aphorisms by the famous artist Salvador Dalí (1904—1989), as well as newspaper articles written during his lifetime—many of which were authored by Dalí himself.

For a long time, this undoubtedly important and still little-studied part of his art—his literary legacy—was pushed into the background by the success of his paintings, and now it is gradually coming to the surface, like a fragment of an iceberg’s submerged part.

All of this not only helps you understand Dalí’s painting more deeply, but also makes you think about where the line is between playful fiction and truth, fantasy and reality.