I've always wanted to do pieces that have an integral sense of realism and aren't just there for titillation. — Tom Weston-Jones Copy Share Image
People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
For years, in the wake of Rushdie, I had imagined magical realism to be the last refuge of the non-resident Indian. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
When people have given up on happiness they call themselves 'realists.' — Marty Rubin Copy Share Image
Realism is to fiction what gravity is to walking: a confinement that allows dancing under the right circumstances. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
a likeness different from the products of the God-fearing photographer. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Having a pessimistic outlook on life rather than an optimistic outlook is more realistic. — Jenna Goldberg Copy Share Image
Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
The idea of foreign policy realism, I think, fits more neatly with President Trump. And with John McCain, the neoconservative label of… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism,… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
Some of us might be categorized as the one they settled for. But what we know is that we are the ones… — NyPm0 J Copy Share Image
Realism, whether it be socialist or not, falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Dialogue must appear realistic without being so. Actual realism-the lifting, as it were, of passages from a stenographer's take-down of a 'real… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. It is also aware of the ineluctable tension between the moral… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I… — Arnaud Desplechin Copy Share Image
Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least one… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
What is a novel? I say: an invented story. At the same time a story which, though invented has the power to… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I'm interested in cinematic realism. I think there is a rich potential to bring to audiences people they haven't seen before, that… — Matthew Porterfield Copy Share Image
