How did salvador dalí come up with his images?

Dalí, known for his imaginative and creative works of art, created a technique called the "paranoiac-critical method"

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Salvador Dalí is known for his impacting surreal images. He was greatly influenced and admired the Renaissance Art. As an extremely imaginative artist, he manifested a tendency to narcissism and megalomania, with the objective of drawing the attention of the public. He had a passion for everything that was golden, excessive and luxurious, and oriental fashion. He came to create his own technique, called the "paranoiac-critical method". What he found interesting about Paranoia was the ability it gave the mind to perceive links between objects that normally wouldn't be connected, in other words, it enabled him to create irrational connections between objects. Dalí used this technique to incorporate the active process of the mind to visualize images to his works of art, resulting in a deconstruction of the concept of identity, where subjectivity becomes the main aspect of the artwork. He would fall into almost a subconscious state for creative inspirations. He would do things such as holding a spoon above a tin plate until he fell asleep, and when the spoon hit the plate, he'd wake up and start drawing. Or he would stand on his head almost until passing out to become semi-lucid, among other practices.

Dalí´s artistic interests were greatly influenced by science, as he always showed interest and curiosity towards science and kept up to date with scientific news. He had an extensive library with Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Psychology books, and showed great interest in the works of Sigmund Freud, specially  "The interpretation of dreams" by Freud. His interest in the subconscious mind, Quantum Physics and Einstein's relativity theory submerged him in the Surreal movement.

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