Deflection Quote by Kenneth Burke

Reality' is a word with many meanings.

— Peter Brook

When "reality" is sought for at large, it is without intellectual import; at most the term carries the connotation of an agreeableemotional state.

— John Dewey

Our reality is influenced by our notions about reality, regardless of the nature of those notions

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

Reality manifests itself as constant and objective - independent of us, but as changeable in space and time. Consequently, its reflection in us contains…

— Piet Mondrian

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists…

— Anonymous

It is within science itself, and not in some prior philosophy, that reality is to be identified and described.

— Anonymous

There must always be a discrepncy between concepts and reality, because the former are static and discontinuous while the latter is dynamic and flowing

— William James

What is reality? Is it not merely a term for the philosopher to conjure with, behind which he may craftily conceal his ignorance?

— John Grier Hibben

What we call ideology is precisely the confusion of linguistic with natural reality, of reference with phenomenalism

— Paul de Man

What is generally termed reality is, to be precise, a frothy nothing.

— Hugo Ball

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.

— Nhat Hanh

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. If there's any one word -- if you had to pick one word to describe the nature of…

— Tom Robbins