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> [“Sometimes realism seems to mean no more than the advice to plan ahead before you start a war. Sometimes realism means the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/sometimes-realism-seems-to-mean-no-more-than-the-advice-to-plan-ahead/)

[Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/)

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> [Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/folk-lore-means-that-the-soul-is-sane-but-that-the-universe-is-wild/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-courbet/the-principle-of-realism-means-denial-of-the-ideal/)

[Gustave Courbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-courbet/)

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> [Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/realism-should-only-be-the-means-of-expression-of-religious-genius-or/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [“Can you not see," I said, "that fairy tales in their essence are quite solid and straightforward; but that this everlasting fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/can-you-not-see-i-said-that-fairy-tales-in-their-essence-are-quite/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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