“It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light” — Hedley Bull Copy Share Image
Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from the faith. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
Even in so-called realist or conventional writing there can be defamiliarization. — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him. — Arthur Symons Copy Share Image
I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is. — Olga Korbut Copy Share Image
I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
A mystic is a spiritual realist, a person for whom the Invisible is a matter of more or less firsthand experience. — Frances Parkinson Keyes Copy Share Image
'Line of Duty' is a social realist drama, so it's set in a world that has the recognisable features of the authentic… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I consider myself a realist who wants to stand up for women's voices, not when they try to be the same, but… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
The dreamers, those who misread the actual state of affairs and act upon their emotions, are often the source of the greatest… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Women are the only realists; their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Realist painting has to do with leaving out a lot of detail. I think my painting can be a little shocking in… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
If you're a realist, you know that people have different roles to play in politics, economics, and this is an important role,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
On the left is the realist tradition of the 19th century, with its impulse to social description, radical criticism and meditation on… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
