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Sharply repackaged by Creation Books,...an intimate, emotional record of an actual prodigy, wholly unconcerned with the banalities of the 'normal'. -- QX

The great surrealist's modestly titled tome gives a brilliant insight into the life and mind of the 20th Century's greatest artist. -- Loaded

The great surrealist's modestly titled tome gives a brilliant insight into the life and mind of the 20th Century's greatest artist. -- Loaded

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With an introduction by J G Ballard, this is a seminal Surrealist text that reveals the intimate details of Dali's life and work as figurehead of the 20th century art movement.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Give Us This Day Our Dali..., July 19 2004

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Conan the Librarian (Incognito CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diary of a Genius (Paperback)

'Diary of a Genius' is an honest and real study of the world's most acclaimed surrealist painter. Rich in imagery, Dali reveals the canvas of his life with candour, colour and masterful composition. Shadows of self-doubt are subtly juxtaposed beside his brilliant self-awareness, and his reflections are a fusion of form and feeling. Many of the entries are poignant, highlighting the painter's melancholic marriage to mortality towards the end of his life. In his final days, he sought neither separation nor divorce from it, accepting the inevitability that the brush strokes of his being would flourish for only a brief period more. Perhaps the most significant entry revealing Dali's resignation is that appearing on page 136:

'Cordoba - June19 1986

Had lunch today in a fish café on the Plaza del Potro. Table for one. Told the waiter that I had a young man's vision clouded by an old man's eyes. He told me to get glasses. I told him to get stuffed olives. The fish tasted like horse. I was disappointed because it usually tasted like camel. When the bill arrived, I realised I had no money so in lieu of cash I presented a napkin sketch entitled 'Apparition of Ungarnished Paella Being Mocked by Pablo Casals on Beach'. The waiter gave me an inferior Picasso self-portrait on drink coaster in lieu of the change.

I no longer feel at home with human beings so I think I'll move to New York.'

This remarkable book is a work of genius about a genius' work

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get to know Dali, a genious, Mar 22 2004

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Gerardo Marquez (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

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If you like Dali paintings, you will love this book, it is ultra funny and crazy, it shows you Dali's toughts and every day life, a life that can be everything but common, it is written in a style that will make you finish reading it faster than any other book and craving for more of Dali's writings.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Salvador Dalí, Aug 24 2003

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This review is from: Diary of a Genius (Paperback)

Watch,
Feel,
Believe.
Salvador Dalí, the great master and his thoughts will live Forever.
Amen.

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