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Dali supported the Spanish [[dictator]] [[Francisco Franco]] (even painting a portrait of Franco's grand-daughter) and declared himself [[monarchist]] in his 1970 book ''Dali by Dali''. He also denounced surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel as an [[atheist]]. However, his political views were more of an artistic pose than the product of sincere convictions.
Dali supported the Spanish [[dictator]] [[Francisco Franco]] (even painting a portrait of Franco's grand-daughter) and declared himself [[monarchist]] in his 1970 book ''Dali by Dali''. He also denounced surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel as an [[atheist]]. However, his political views were more of an artistic pose than the product of sincere convictions.
But he has often denied to be a fascist. In his autobiography is written:
{{Cquote|'''"They called [...] from me that I should finally decide to become a Stalinist or Hitlerist. No! [...] I would always stay up to death the one who I was, and only Dalí Dalí! I did not believe in the communist revolution even in the National Socialist revolution. "''' Salvador Dalí}}
Dali is considered to have possessed excellent painting skills – his works were technically brilliant – and an extraordinary imagination. His most famous work is ''The Persistence Of Memory'', and the melting clocks it depicts are the image most associated with his style.
Dali is considered to have possessed excellent painting skills – his works were technically brilliant – and an extraordinary imagination. His most famous work is ''The Persistence Of Memory'', and the melting clocks it depicts are the image most associated with his style.