Art Quote by Sherwood Anderson

Realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art.

— Sherwood Anderson

Realism in so far as it means Reality to life is always bad art.

— Sherwood Anderson

The only realism in art is of the imagination.

— William Carlos Williams

Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.

— Edgar Degas

If literary terms were about artistic merit and not the rules of convenience, about achievement and not safety, the term 'realism' would be an…

— Charles J. Shields

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

“As a matter of fact, no one is more tiresome than the person who can understand only realism in art. It shows a rather…

— Aaron Copland

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…

— Charlie Kaufman

Realism can break a writer's heart.

— Salman Rushdie

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

Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's…

— Vikram Seth

Realism is a corruption of reality.

— Wallace Stevens