Was the celebrated Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) ever not 'in character'? He fashioned a flamboyant public persona – “eccentric and concentric, anarchist and monarchist”, and completely lived by it, 'acting out' his outrageous whims and impulses to the point where his daily life became his principal artwork, and the perpetual demonstration of his self-proclaimed genius.
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