Denial Quote by Gustave Courbet

Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Can you not see," I said, "that fairy tales in their essence are quite solid and straightforward; but that this everlasting fiction about modern…

— G.K. Chesterton

Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite…

— Albert Camus

“Sometimes realism seems to mean no more than the advice to plan ahead before you start a war. Sometimes realism means the recognition that…

— Susan Neiman

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

— Gustave Courbet

Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Sometimes I start in a very realistic fashion, and as I go on from one painting to another of the same kind, it becomes…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

What you live is your reality , what you wish is your dream

— Ramis

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.

— Anonymous

“You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.…

— Terry Pratchett

I was under the influence of the early modern masters, Fitzgerald and Steinbeck and Hemingway, especially, when I was a kid. I reacted against…

— Robert Stone

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

— Jean Renoir