Salvador Dali is one of the greatest artists of the surrealist movement. He has been labeled as one of the great geniuses in the art world during his time. Dali depicted scenes from his dreams as well as distorted views of ordinary objects and turned them into famous and timeless pieces of art. Using a method he called critical paranoia, also known as self-inducing psychotic hallucinations, in order to create art, Dali was able to convey dreamlike scenes and hallucinatory images in most of his paintings. Even though this may seem as a crazy method, he said, "The difference between a madman and me, is that I am not mad." He is most famous for his painting 'The Persistence of Memory', which is now illustrated in museums all across the world. Dali was largely criticized for his portrayals of religious themes.…
