Salvador Dalí's Ocelot

Dalí and Babou at the St. Regis hotel, New York where Dalí had a suite, 1965 No one could accuse Salvador Dalí– master of Surrealism, who died twenty-four years ago today – of conforming to the norm. Tales of his various quirks abound, from his claim that his famed moustache was in fact an antennae that received alien signals, to his apparent consumption of vast amounts of camembert before bed, which he felt prompted wild and vivid dreams. He is even said to have perfumed himself with cow dung...