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Oui: The Paranoid-Critical Revolution: Writings, 1927-1933
Oui The ParanoidCritical Revolution Writings 19271933 Author:Salvador Dali, Robert Descharnes Cultural Writing. Art Criticism. "Pleasure is man's most legitimate aspiration." ('The Moral Position of Surrealism"). This book is a translation of the first volume of Oui- a collection of texts compiled and edited by Salvador Dali's great chronicler, colleague and friend, Robert Descharnes. Arranged chronologically, these diverse (polymorpho... more »usly perverse) texts cover the period of Dali's creative life, from his student days to his early associations with the Surrealist movement. They offer a microcosmic view of the "cosmic" life and art, creation and creative process, mind and body of Salvador Dali. "Why do rotting donkeys have the head of a hollowed-out night nightingale? How is it there are are rotting nightingales with the head of a donkey?" ("No. 1 Times Six).« less