*The First Days of Spring' is influenced by Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams. Freud proposed that the source of people's fears, desires and neuroses can be found in their childhood experiences; Dali places a photo of himself as a child in the center of this canvas, suggesting that various images in the painting might relate to his own childhood memories. A grey wasteland is the stage for his visions, where he places clusters of figures (a leaning man, human sized doll, a painting, a man sitting in a chair, a bright coloured creature, lonely people, highway and some other dream sequences) together as if connected through the free associations of dreams. *Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - A Spanish artist renowned for 'surrealism', cubism, futurism, technical skill, precise draftsmanship, striking & bizarre images in his work. Major themes in his work include dream sequences, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. He used this method to realize the dreams and imagination he had in his mind, changing the real world the way he wanted and not necessarily what it was. Dal�'s artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design, photography, fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism.