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This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature
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