Dalí created Hommage to Newton as a tribute to Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity, symbolized by a metal apple suspended by a string, transforming a fleeting moment into a timeless form. 

The sculpture features voids in the head and heart, stripping Newton of individuality and turning him into an archetype of science rather than a person.

This piece reflects Dalí’s fascination with the duality of “hard and soft” -  the strength of bronze combined with hollow spaces, symbolizing the fragility of greatness and the transformation of man into legend.

Dalí connects science and surrealism, influenced by his studies of Newton, Einstein, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg, forming the basis of his “nuclear mysticism” phase.

The contrapposto stance references classical Greek and Renaissance sculpture, while the elongated form draws inspiration from El Greco’s mystical figures, transforming Newton into a saint-like, dreamlike presence.

A monumental five-meter version of this sculpture stands in Madrid, dedicated by the King of Spain.

The work explores the tension between faith and science, suggesting that rational knowledge alone, without imagination or soul, is incomplete.