Paintings is only one of the means of my expression of my total genius, which exists when I write and when I live, when in some way or other I manifest my magic. A painting is such a minor thing compared to the magic I radiate.
— Salvador Dali Modern

Surrealist painter

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1960s-1970s (approx.)

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