Salvador Dali:

Picasso called Dalí "an outboard motor that's always running". Dalí thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer and filmmaker. Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights of painting: He brought extraordinary sensivity, imagination and concern for precision to bear upon submerged levels of consciousness. This lively biography presents the infamous Surrealist in full colour and in his own words. His provocative ideas are all here, from the soft watches to the notorius burning giraffe. And the fantastic phenomenon that was Salvador Dalí is grasped entire, and placed in his various contexts.