“Dalí subscribed to Surrealist André Breton’s theory of automatism, but ultimately opted for a method of tapping the unconscious that he termed “critical paranoia“, a state in which one could cultivate delusion while maintaining one’s sanity. Paradoxically defined by Dalí himself as a form of “irrational knowledge,” the paranoiac-critical method was applied by his contemporaries, mostly Surrealists, to varied media, ranging from cinema to poetry and fashion.”

Alice illustrated by Dali was first published in 1969.