Dali: I love it all. And hate it all. The only artist I really like is Lady Gaga. She is the only one qualified to call herself a Dalí-ist. I only hope she never paints.
Ross: Why?
Dali: Art is dead. Only performance is alive. The human being is the greatest art.
Ross: Do you watch TV?
Dali: Strangely, yes. Just to rejoice in what I have left behind. The flickers are so dim compared to the movie that is eternal life. I cannot tell you the names of many shows, however. Partridge Family Crime Syndicate, is that one?
Ross: Do you have a message for your friend Amanda Lear?
Dali: Never despair, it only gets better, Amanda. I am waiting for you in paradise. I must go now…
Ross: One last question, please. What would your message be to young artists starting out today?
Dali: You need to get off your lazy asses and create beauty and love and joy. There needs to be a World War of Love. A Revolution of the Aesthetic. Open your eyes and you’ll see me. God gives me everything: all the glory of the universe, drunk like the froth on a tidal wave of champagne on the Bay of Life.…
