Diary of a Genius [SPECIAL EDITION] (Paperback)

by Salvador Dal (Author)

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

Product Description
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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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: The Tears Corporation/Creation; De Luxe edition edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1871592763
• ISBN-13: 978-1871592764
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #976,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just an artist, Dalí himself is the art, April 1, 2005

By	wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

Supposedly, some small corner of the mind tosses its dice continuously, trying every combination of fact against every other. Next some filter removes the nonsense - most of it - and lets through a few drops of insight. In some few minds, a droplet or two more forms steady trickle of meaningful creativity.

In Dalí, the floodgates had opened. Every experience, even seeing a hotel bellboy, spilling some coffee, or flatulence, had mystic and mythic meaning for him. Read just a few of his words, and you know that you can't just read his words. Ideas swirled around him in chaotic orbits, like his beloved flies. His writing makes me think of a show of fireworks, which an author tries to describe by tracing a few dozen especially brilliant sparks.

Three things stand out as invariant across Dalí's life, as he tells it. The second is Gala, his wife, muse, agent, and tour-guide to planet earth. The third is enthusiasm for everything, a degree of involvement with his world that permeates his vision and hearing, but also his senses of smell, touch, and all things of the body. That level of everyday intensity would stun most people in just minutes, and probably kill some.

The first point in Dalí's world is, of course, Dalí. I can not describe Dalí on Dalí, you must experience that first-hand.

//wiredweird

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stimulateing, interresting, and all too insane, May 17, 2001

By	"geenalean" (Wildwood, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

Dali is an insane being. However, if you like to be stimulated then this is the best book to do the job.I found Diary of a genius to be an "out-there" kinda book. I absoultely adored it. Between Dali's interrestings ideas he kept you laughing. A must read for the half insane.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilariously bizarro reflections of a self centered nut-case, December 16, 1999

By A Customer

the great dali offers a glimpse of the workings of his twisted mind with chapters dedicated to subjects such as: the universe as a four-buttock continum, over 100 uses for a whale bone and how he turned into a fish. a must read for pure laughter and looney inspiration.