Asks Quote by Stephen Hawking

Can we consider the universe real, and if so, in what way?

— Philip K. Dick

There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae.

— Claude Simon

“...there is no underlying reality to the world. "Reality," in the everyday sense, is not a good way to think about the behavior of…

— John Gribbin

Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

The real, then, is that which, sooner or later, information and reasoning would finally result in, and which is therefore independent of the vagaries…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Now these two questions Does there exist a material reality distinct from sensible appearances? and What is the nature of reality? do not have…

— Pierre Duhem

A theory must be tempered with reality.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

There is no such thing as reality. Reality is what you make it.

— Frederick Lenz

Nothing is real unless it is observed

— John Gribbin

It should be quite clear, then, that there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not…

— J. L. Austin

The real is only one realization of the possible.

— Ilya Prigogine

Reality includes both the past and the future, but existence includes only the present and is totally dependent on the reality of past and…

— Fred Alan Wolf