Salvador Dalí, renowned for his surreal art exemplified by the melting clocks in The Persistence of Memory, was deeply influenced by his wife Gala and their unique home in Port Lligat, Spain. Gala, who left her marriage to French poet Paul Éluard to be with Dalí, managed his career and served as a muse. Their residence became crucial in inspiring Dalí's artistic creations, embodying the surreal qualities present in his work. Dalí himself viewed this place as vital to his identity, further entwining his personal and artistic life.
"With the capriciousness which always characterizes my decisions, it became in a moment the only spot where I would, where I could, live."
"Dalí, a highly divisive character described by writer George Orwell as both 'a disgusting human being' and an artist with 'exceptional gifts,' helped shape the surrealist movement of the 1930s."
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