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He and his older brother, who died before he was born, had the same name.

One of the greatest surrealists of our time, best known for his ability to translate dreams into artwork, "hand painted dream photographs" he called them. He was also a sculptor, filmmaker, writer and an insane person or just wanted people to believe that he was insane.

Salvador had an intense fear of grasshoppers, germs and assassination.

He dedicated his life to proving that he was a genius.

As a child he was frequently expelled from school.

He liked his wife because she changed her clothes three times a day.

He was notorius for not knowing how to count money.

He was afraid to expose his feet.

To ward off evil spirits, he carried a piece of lucky driftwood around.

When in public, he would jump up and down to get attention.

He was kicked out of the official surrealist society in 1934.

His nick name was Avida Dollars, which, roughly translated means "eager for dollars".

Presented a speech to the Surrealist Society in London in a deep diving suit.

Salvador Dali's pet llama was called "Dali Llama"

When Dali came to Paris first thing he did was visiting Picasso. He said he was very excided and full of respect, like he was going to visit the pope. When he was introduced to Picasso he said to him "It is big honour to met you, I didn't even go to Louvre, I came to see you first. And Picasso replied: "You did the right thing!"

Recently Made movie about him.

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