In 1955, Spanish artist Salvador Dalí – who was born this week 120 years ago – sat down with veteran broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge on the BBC’s Panorama, and spoke about the most potent symbol of his artistic identity – his moustache.
Muggeridge conceded that he should really be asking the famed Surrealist about the bizarre dreamlike images that made his name, but the sight of Dalí’s flamboyantly lustrous whiskers proved irresistible to him.
Source: Salvador Dalí talks about his iconic, ‘very aggressive’ moustache