Sex, Surrealism, Dali and Me: A biography of Salvador Dali

Started this research project after reading about Georgina Weldon. She’s notorious for having a litigation addiction but I’m obsessed with the time Gounod asked for his sheet music back after their divorce and she sent it with her name written across every page. When he attempted to have her committed, she escaped and

Certaines commandes terminées ou quasiment terminées – le Portrait de Ginevra de’ Benci ou La Joconde, par exemple – ne seront jamais livrées aux clients. Léonard conserve ses œuvres favorites, les emporte lorsqu’il déménage et les retravaille dès qu’il a de nouvelles idées.

That formidable head is where my mother houses all her conscious memories. A complex stellar skein spun from infancy to old age. The images are manifold, encompassing her ancestors and her descendants. We all constellate in that brain of hers and we endure, shining on, because she sustains us. At her age, the exercise of memory is hard work. Summon

Morritt's wife recalled to a friend how Charlie always returned to mirror illusions, infatuated with their principles and eager to work out the next idea. She described how he used to retire for the evening with small pieces of looking glass under his pillow.