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What type of symbolism did Dali use?
The elephant is also a recurring image in Dali's works.
What did the elephant mean?
"The elephant is a distortion in space", one analysis explains, "its spindly legs contrasting the idea of weightlessness with structure.
Did Dali use any other forms of symbolism?
The egg is another common Daliesque image.
What did the egg represent?
He connects the egg to the prenatal and intrauterine, thus using it to symbolize hope and love.
How did Dali come up with these symbolism ideas?
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Question: how did Dali use this symbolism?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Salvador Dalí use the elephant and egg symbols?