While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality – true art lies in a reality that is felt.

Odilon Redon

 

L’araignée qui souris / The Smiling Spider 1881

Bertrand-Jean Redon, better known as Odilon Redon (April 20, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was a French Symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odilon_Redon

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