Dali

 “ The work of the supposedly villainous insincere Salvador Dali was the best counter example to both Picassoid and Greenbergian Modern Art. No recognized modern artist has a lower sincerity rating. Early on he said, “I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.” I suppose Dali would have been far more bearable for the critics had he just continued to paint “too well” and kept his big mouth shut. But Dali bucked every important trend with maximum continuous noise plus beautifully executed satirical paintings. His formula was to continually do and say precisely the opposite of what is morally expected of a great Modern Academic artist. ” --- Modern Art a Portrait of Mediocrity