His paintings were from a bizarre meaning and eroticism that were influenced by his dreams and fearing of sex. Surrealism was a way for him to capture all of is fear and to turn it into something much useful. I think that this helped him cope with his fears and other problems better. Dali described his paintings as memories and psychological or pathological distortions through objects and the intensity of colors. He would paint the way that he thought and saw the world and this in turn allowed others to feel what he was feeling or to feel a way on their own on how they perceived this particular form of art.
Many people choose to believe that surrealism was just a way for people to make easy cash.
Although some people did take advantage of this form of art, this made many true surrealists angry because they believed that surrealism was art and that others were just trying to do away with it. I agree that surrealism is real and that it is the focus of our inner being and state of mind. Some people choose to believe that you can only perceive surrealism through a non-real state of mind. This means that a person can only truly feel the results of surrealism if they are high on drugs or asleep. I truly believe that this is true because when you are high on drugs or sleeping, you go to a logically way of thinking and understanding of things and things begin to have different meaning to you.