From the Introduction of this 95 page book: "Of all the painters whose secrets are known to us, Odilon Redon was the one who experienced the greatest difficulty - or used the greatest discretion - in explaining his painting. However, he formulated a lucid definition of his art by saying that it consisted of putting the logic of the visible at the service of the invisible. His work does in fact occupy a place between sight and vision. Redon, as much a narrator of the imagination as an observer of nature, shuttled from one to the other with a steadfast desire to avoid breaking the bond that in his eyes made them inseparable. This dual orientation of his mind, this movement back and forth over the same path between the real and unreal, explain that which constitutes at once the unity and the diversity of his output. After half a century, his work, which is sincere and exceptional - two words which cannot be disassociated in speaking of Redon - retains its power to rivet our gaze and arouse our curiosity." This book contains dozens of reproductions of the art of Redon along with descriptive text for each piece of art. - from Amzon