The Persistence of Memory by: Salvador Dali

Surrealism

Out of the hundreds of paintings created by Salvador Dali, his iconic depiction of melting clocks is no
doubt the most famous.
Entitled The Persistence of Memory, this painting served as both an outlet for his imagination and a
simple allegorythat time is meaningless.
Dali claimed (like most surrealists) that his images were dream sequences or inspired by his
subconscious. Surrealism was a popular movement in the mid-1900s that attempted to create art
which was truer than life. They did this by avoiding logic and reason, which were considered
hindrances to creativity. Its an idea which is still somewhat believed today.