Dali’s ‘discovery’ of an anti-modern Manhattan has been strictly verbal, its conquest therefore complete. Without tampering with its physique, HE HAS RECAST THE METROPOLIS AS AN ANTI-FUNCTIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ATAVISTIC MONUMENTS ENGAGED IN A PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS POETIC REPRODUCTION.
Rem Koolhaas. Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. p 224.