When I was younger I assumed someone as flmaboyant and creative as Dalí had to be a leftist.  About a year ago, I heard that he was effectively a Conservative Catholic Francoist.  But his politics seem to be a lot more complicated.  They’re just Dali.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD#Politics_and_personality

Despite his self-importance, Dali was surprisingly in touch with reality and very observant at times:

     “Don’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.”

     “In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.”

     …it’s like he predicted the existence of hipsters and whimbsy.