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At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism. — Tea Obreht
One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face. — Tamora Pierce
I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism, in terms of… — Nick Park
Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride… — Sara Paretsky
That was a piece I did in 1963 with Konrad Lueg in a department store, in the furniture department. It was announced in some papers… — Gerhard Richter
I originally came from Dresden, where Socialist Realism prevailed. Konrad Lueg and I came up with it, for the most part ironically, since I now… — Gerhard Richter
When I paint from a photograph, conscious thinking is eliminated. I don't know what I am doing. My work is far closer to the Informel… — Gerhard Richter
Mass entertainment in America has been dominated for a long time by the mode of documentary realism. — David Riesman
It may be that just as tonality recurs in music and realism in painting, so the idea of liberalism recurs in politics-though each time in… — Eva Hoffman
I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science… — Alan Lightman
I have this certain vision of the way I want my comics to look; this sort of photographic realism, but with a certain abstraction that… — Daniel Clowes
For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public. — Douglas Alexander
Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did with… — Crispin Glover
I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace. — Grant Bowler
I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention. — Peter Greenaway
I would sit in my room and become hysterical about the wild incredible story I was writing. And I thought I was writing realism. It… — Chester Himes
A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie,… — Emile Hirsch
I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is… — Charlie Kaufman
Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it – I do actually… — Terry Gilliam
Agential realism is not a manifesto, it does not take for granted that all is or will or can be made manifest. On the contrary, it… — Karen Barad
Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this… — Shirin Neshat
I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing. — Jean-Pierre Melville
I can never fathom it when people say things like "I can't understand abstract art!" Or: "Abstract art is junk!" Or: "Abstract art isn't as… — Derek R. Audette
Completely true to nature!' - what a lie: / How could nature ever be constrained into a picture? / The smallest bit of nature is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that… — Aldous Huxley

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