The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Art Print, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $13.99

Allegorie de Soie, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $22.99

Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937, Art Print, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Landscape with Butterflies, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

The Elephants, 1948, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

Metamorphosis of Narcissus, Art Print, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Christ of Saint John of the Cross, 1951, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $14.99   $9.98,

The Rose, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $24.99

Clock Explosion, Art Print, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Person at the Window, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $24.99, (1 other size available)

Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $14.99, (2 other sizes available)

The Ship, Art Print, 20 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $20.99

Disintegration of Pers., Art Print, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Temptation of St. Anthony, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $24.99

Soft Watch At Moment of First Explosion, 1954, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $12.99

Maelstrom, Art Print, 29 x 23 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Discovery of America, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Idylle Atomique, Art Print, 31 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus), 1954, Art Print, 23 x 29 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

The Hallucinogenic Toreador, 1969-70, Art Print, 24 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Reminiscence Archeologique De L'angelus, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99

Apparition of the Face of Aphrodite, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $24.99

Sacrament of the Last Supper, 1955, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Meditative Rose, 1958, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Dream Caused by a Bee Flight, Art Print, 24 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Sans Titre 1948, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $9.99, (1 other size available)

Paysage Aux Papillons, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99, (2 other sizes available)

Figure At a Window, Art Print, 18 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $20.99

Volto Di Mae West 1934/35, Art Print, 24 x 31 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Rose Meditative, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $10.00   $7.98

(2 other sizes available)

Burning Giraffes and Telephones, Art Print, 29 x 23 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean, Art Print, 24 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Honey is Sweeter than Blood, Art Print, 26 x 23 in, Salvador Dali, $20.99, (1 other size available)

Female Rose, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $6.49

Explosion, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $7.99

Reflechis en Elephants, Poster, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

The Elephants, 1948, Poster, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

L'Enigme Sans Fin 1938, Art Print, 31 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $14.99

Disintegration of Pers. of Memory, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $12.99

Nature Morte Vivente, Art Print, 31 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $13.99

Le grand masturbateur, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $24.99

Sommeil, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Temptation, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $5.99

Bacchanale, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99

Giraffe on Fire, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $28.99

Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish, Art Print, 37 x 27 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99, (1 other size available)

Ecumenical Council, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Marilyn Monroe, Art Print, 25 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $94.99

Geopoliticus Child, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Tiger, Art Print, 28 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $37.99

Fruit Dish on Beach, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $15.99

, Rose Meditative, Art Print, 20 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $15.99

La Metamorphose de Narcisse, Poster, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

Lit et deux tables de nuit..., Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $34.99

Girafe en Feu, 1936-37, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Hallucinogenic Toreador, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Cinquenta, Tigre Real, Poster, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $13.99

Aphrodite de Cnide, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99

Mirage, Art Print, 40 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $37.99

Atavistic Vestiges, Art Print, 8 x 10 in, Salvador Dali, $9.99

Persitence De La Memoire, Art Print, 20 x 16 in, Salvador Dali, $17.99

Christ of Saint John of the Cross, 1951, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $16.00   $8.48,

Metamorphosis of Narcissus, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $6.49

L'Elephante Giraffe, Art Print, 24 x 31 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Vestiges Ataviques Apres la Pluie, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99, (1 other size available)

Drawing for Christ of St. John of the Cross, 1950, Art Print, 16 x 14 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Ma Femme Nue Regardant son Porpe Corps, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Spain, Art Print, 20 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $31.99

Last Supper 1955, Art Print, 31 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Cignes Refletant Des Elephants, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $15.99

Dream Provoked by the Flight of a Bumble Bee, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $27.99

The Rose, 1958, Art Print, 11 x 14 in, Salvador Dali, $7.99

Flaming Giraffe, Poster, 24 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

Patient Lovers, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Giovane Vergine Sodomizz, Art Print, 24 x 31 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1946, Poster, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

Lincoln in Dalivision, Art Print, 22 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

, 22 x 31 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Persistence of Memory, 1931, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $7.99

Sacrament of the Last Supper, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $23.99

Clock Explosion, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Landscape With Butterflies, Giant Poster, 54 x 39 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Lincoln in Dalivision, Art Print, 24 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

The Sacrament of the Last Supper, 1955, Art Print, 48 x 33 in, Salvador Dali, $37.99, (1 other size available)

Ecumenical Council, Art Print, 9 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $5.99, (1 other size available)

Geopoliticus Child, Art Print, 29 x 25 in, Salvador Dali, $20.99, (1 other size available)

Femme, Art Print, 31 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

Paysage aux Papillon, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $6.49

Rose Meditative, Poster, 24 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, 1952-54, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $7.99

Apparition of the Face of Aphrodite, Art Print, 20 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99, (1 other size available)

Millet's Architectonic Angelus, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $27.99

Atavistic Vestiges After the Rain, 1934, Art Print, 11 x 14 in, Salvador Dali, $7.99

Sleep, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $23.99

Rave Cause Par Le Vol, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $10.99

Portrait d'une Femme Passionate, 1945, Art Print, 18 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Hallucinogenic Toreador, Art Print, 11 x 14 in, Salvador Dali, $5.99

Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1936-37, Giant Poster, 54 x 39 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Woman With a Head of Roses, Art Print, 18 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $20.99

Femme a Tete De Roses, Art Print, 24 x 31 in, Salvador Dali, $25.99

The Persistance Of Memory, Poster, 12 x 36 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

The Great Masturbator, Poster, 36 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $8.99

Wall Decoration for Helena Rubinstein, c.1942, Art Print, 24 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Vestiges ataviques apres le pluie, 1934, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $11.99

Apparition of a Face, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $5.99, (1 other size available)

Disintegration of Persistence of Memory, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99, (1 other size available)

The Disintegration of Persistence of Memory, c. 1952-54, Art Print, 39 x 28 in, Salvador Dali, $36.99

Face of Mae West, 1935, Giant Poster, 39 x 53 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Christ of Saint John of the Cross, 1951, Art Print, 11 x 14 in, Salvador Dali, $6.49

Manhattan Skyline, Art Print, 25 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $94.99

Gala and the Tigers, Art Print, 16 x 20 in, Salvador Dali, $9.99

Persistence of Memory, Art Print, 28 x 22 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Gala and the Tigers, Art Print, 11 x 14 in, Salvador Dali, $5.99

The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Art Print, 29 x 23 in, Salvador Dali, $16.99

Last Supper, Art Print, 47 x 32 in, Salvador Dali, $46.99

The Temptation of St. Anthony, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $37.99

La Metamorfosi di Narciso, Art Print, 17 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $17.99

Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937, Art Print, 14 x 11 in, Salvador Dali, $5.99, (1 other size available)

The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Art Print, 32 x 24 in, Salvador Dali, $18.99

Dalí officially joined the surrealist group in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris in 1929 (although his work had already been heavily influenced by surrealism for two years). The surrealists hailed what Dalí called the Paranoiac-critical method of accessing the subconscious for greater artistic creativity.

In 1931, Dalí painted one of his most famous works, The Persistence of Memory.[15] Sometimes called Soft Watches or Melting Clocks, the work introduced the surrealistic image of the soft, melting pocket watch. The general interpretation of the work is that the soft watches debunk the assumption that time is rigid or deterministic, and this sense is supported by other images in the work, including the ants and fly devouring the other watches.

Dalí employed extensive symbolism in his work. For instance, the hallmark soft watches that first appear in The Persistence of Memory suggest Einstein's theory that time is relative and not fixed. The idea for clocks functioning symbolically in this way came to Dalí when he was staring at a runny piece of Camembert cheese during a hot day in August.

The elephant is also a recurring image in Dalí's works, appearing first and very prominently in his 1946 work The Temptation of St. Anthony. The elephants, inspired by Gian Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture in Rome of an elephant carrying an obelisk are portrayed "with long, multi-jointed, almost invisible legs of desire"[along with obelisks on their backs. Coupled with the image of their brittle legs, these encumbrances, noted for their phallic overtones, create a sense of weightlessness. "The elephant is a distortion in space," one analysis explains, "its spindly legs contrasting the idea of weightlessness with structure."

The egg is another common Daliesque image. He connects the egg to the prenatal and intrauterine, thus using it to symbolize hope and love]; it appears in The Great Masturbator and The Metamorphosis of Narcissus. Various animals appear throughout his work as well: ants point to death, decay, and immense sexual desire; the snail is connected to the human head (he saw a snail on a bicycle outside Freud’s house when he first met Sigmund Freud); and locusts are a symbol of waste and fear.