Quotes about Realism

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real. Votes: 5

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite Votes: 4

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around. Votes: 4

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods. Votes: 4

Realism can break a writer's heart. Votes: 3

Realism is a corruption of reality. Votes: 3

Realism and art cannot live together. Votes: 3

Realism has always been called cynicism. Votes: 3

Realism is punishing. Probabilistic skepticism is worse. Votes: 3

Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral. Votes: 3

Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture. Votes: 3

Realism is for pessimists. An optimist creates his own reality. Votes: 3

Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else. Votes: 3

Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale. Votes: 3

Realism is death to me. I cannot stand life as it is. Votes: 3

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. Votes: 3

Realism arises from the maturity of the minds, while Idealism arises from their conformity. Votes: 3

Realism in so far as it means Reality to life is always bad art. Votes: 3

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. Votes: 3

Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason...that is its reason for existing. Votes: 3

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. Votes: 3

Realism is condemned by those artists whose poverty of technique does not permit them to express it. Votes: 3

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. Votes: 3

Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism. Votes: 3

Realism is to fiction what gravity is to walking: a confinement that allows dancing under the right circumstances. Votes: 3

Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing. Votes: 3

Realism' has been abandoned in the search for reality: the 'principal objective' of abstract art is precisely this reality. Votes: 3

Realism has to be such high quality, you can't fake it. It's all hanging out there like the laundry. Votes: 3

Realism is something we practice when we aren't feeling very well. When we don't feel up to the extra effort. Votes: 3

Realism is knowing fantasy and reality intersect constantly. Realism is living with the awareness that every act changes the world. Votes: 3

If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it. Votes: 3

Just to prove that even the silliest idea can be pursued to its illogical conclusion, Legal Realism spawned Critical Legal Studies. Votes: 3

We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites. Votes: 3

People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with. Votes: 3

By the artificial separation of soul and body men have invented a Realism that is vulgar and an Idealism that is void. Votes: 3

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. Votes: 3

Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality. Votes: 3

Realism and superrealism are what I'm after. This world is full of things the eye doesn't see. The camera can see more, and often 10 times better. Votes: 3

Painting, which is essentially a rhythmic harmony of coloured spaces. Realism was the death of art. Great art should come from the harmony of two lines. Votes: 3

Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden. Votes: 3

The real sustains the same relation to the ideal that a stone does to a statue - or that paint does to a painting. Realism degrades and impoverishes. Votes: 3

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. Votes: 3

Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic coincides with the ethical. Votes: 3

Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom Votes: 3

Realism is a very sophisticated form of literature, a very grown-up one. And that may be its weakness. But fantasy seems to be eternal and omnipresent and always attractive to kids. Votes: 3

Realism implicated that imperialism and imperialist conquests or prestige can be pursued as part of the animus dominandi, the desire to dominate, which is the social force that determines political activity. Votes: 3

Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key to the success and never-ending beauty and harmony of Realism. Votes: 3

I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space; quite a different sensation from that of doing it for the purpose of realism. Votes: 3

Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you can move from where you are to someplace else. Votes: 3

The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror. Votes: 3

The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact the ideal we must aspire to, the highest point of human rationality. Votes: 3

The activities of these parasites and degenerates gave rise to Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Pointillism, Constructivism, Orphism, Surrealism, Dada, and also Impossibleism, Supersurrealism, Dynamic Double-Dog Realism, Ishkabibbleism, and Mama, which is like Dada only nicer. Votes: 3

M. Zola sits down to give us a picture of the Second Empire. Who cares for the Second Empire now? It is out of date. Life goes faster than Realism, but Romanticism is always in front of Life. Votes: 3

There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph. Votes: 3

Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of the mind. Great works of art rely on the eye of contemplation, the eye of the spirit. Votes: 3

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 a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis. Votes: 3

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one. Votes: 3

Realism to be effective must be a matter of selection.genius chooses its materials with a view to their beauty and effectiveness; mere talent copies what it thinks is nature, only to find it has been deceived by the external grossness of things. Votes: 3

I'm not going to star in every one of my movies. But I'm telling you [pounds fists] what I will bring to this film industry is the same thing I brought to the record industry when I came into it. Realism. Uncompromised, unconditional dog love. Votes: 3

Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions: love, death, astonishment. It presents man in a reduced and estranged perspective. Truth is in our dreams, in the imagination. Votes: 3

Realism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with the narrowest of majorities. Without any sense of what is right and wrong, one would drown in a flood of difficult and pragmatic decisions. Votes: 3

Realism gives me the impression of a mistake. Violence alone escapes the feeling of poverty of those realistic experiences. Only death and desire have the force that oppresses, that takes one's breath away. Only the extremism of desire and death enable one to attain the truth. Votes: 3

Abstraction and realism work best together. Votes: 2

We need realism to deal with reality. Votes: 2

I don't want realism. I want magic! Votes: 2

When people have given up on happiness they call themselves "realists. Votes: 2

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism. Votes: 2

He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting. Votes: 2

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable. Votes: 2

So-called 'realist' photography does not capture the 'what is.' Instead, it is preoccupied with what should not be, like the reality of suffering for example. Votes: 2

Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves. Votes: 2

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 comics can give. It's kind of a fine line. Votes: 2

Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about. Votes: 2

Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story Votes: 2

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. Votes: 2

I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real. Votes: 2

I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of the observer. Art is a symbol, a thing conjuring up reality in our mental image. That is why I don't see any contradiction between abstract and figurative art either. Votes: 2

Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists. Votes: 1

Justice is what is good for the stronger. Votes: 1

Even with all the documents, you can never forge nature Votes: 1

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. Votes: 1

No ghosts need apply. - Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire Votes: 1

You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening. Votes: 1

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life. Votes: 1

It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability. Votes: 1

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. Votes: 1

The public is always relieved to find that once the chief officers of state are elected they do not sincerely want change. Votes: 1

Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all. Votes: 1

For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public. Votes: 1

Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out. Votes: 1

Reality hasn't really sunk in yet, I knew that. I didn't want to know what life was going to feel like when it finally did. Votes: 1

Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things. Votes: 1

This strange business of what it is to be a writer is this increasingly insane world in which we live, in which surrealism, it seems, is the new realism. Votes: 1

Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid. Votes: 1

I tend to prioritize emotional realism above the known laws of time and space, and when you do that, it's inevitable that strange things happen. Which can be quite enjoyable, I think. Votes: 1

Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist - life was a bag of shit you were expected to pay for. Votes: 1

Hysterical optimism will prevail until the world again admits the existence of tragedy, and it cannot admit the existence of tragedy until it again distinguishes between good and evil. . . Hysterical optimism as a sin against knowledge. Votes: 1

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well. Votes: 1

A substantial amount of research over the past decade has reinforced the idea that although internal happiness can deviate from its "resting state" in reaction to life events, it usually returns toward its baseline over time. Votes: 1

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. Votes: 1

The residue of religion in my work appears as a modified transcendentalism, and the positivist scientific side of my thought appears as concreteness and realism. The effort to reconcile the two is at the core of all my poetry. Votes: 1

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 approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian. Votes: 1

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.' Votes: 1

Magical realism is a blending of the unusual or supernatural into an otherwise ordinary setting. And, to me, this perfectly describes the South. 'The Sugar Queen' involves a lot of magical happenings, but in a very down-home Southern setting. It's full of things that could almost be true. Votes: 1

The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every sense but one, that one sense being that in life as we know it such a man would not be a private detective."(Letter, April 19, 1951) Votes: 1

A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that removed sense. But Sherlock Holmes is simply there. I would be astonished if I went to 221 1/2 B Baker Street and didn't find him."[An Invitation to Learning, January 1942] Votes: 1

All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the amazing gleaming Balloon Dog, and the cast-iron re-creation of a Civil War mortar exhibited last month at the Armory - has simultaneously flaunted extreme realism, idealism, and fantasy. Votes: 1

If with open mind one reads and observes industriously and long; if in so doing one covers a wide field and so covering reflects in terms of realism, he is likely, soon or late, to be brought to a sudden consciousness that Man is an unknown quantity and his existence unsuspected. Votes: 1

All I want, oh dear friend of mine, is for you to go out with someone. Do something, even if it's not the magical, wonderful thing you had in mind. Don't sit around for one more second pining away for some fantasy that might never come along, because it might not even exist. Votes: 1

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out. Votes: 1

Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare... As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism. Votes: 1

I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that I received from the electorate, I am committed to operating in the framework of moderation, which calls inter alia for a balance between realism and the pursuit of the ideals of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Votes: 1

I only understand realism. Votes: 0

You're right, super-realism is back in style. Votes: 0

What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people. Votes: 0

Idealism and realism meet in the actual. Votes: 0

I learned my realism from guys like Kafka. Votes: 0

The realism of failure, the romance of success. Votes: 0

The cinema that interests me departs from realism. Votes: 0

People want to see realism in action now. Votes: 0

Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism. Votes: 0

The only realism in art is of the imagination. Votes: 0

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal. Votes: 0

There is no realism without an element of idealism. Votes: 0

Three cardinal virtues of business: creativity, building community, practical realism. Votes: 0

Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out. Votes: 0

Anyone who sees the realism in Lynch truly understand poetry! Votes: 0

I'm into weird kind of, anything that resembles magical realism. Votes: 0

I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing. Votes: 0

The realism frightens me more than the bubble gum-y, heightened stuff. Votes: 0

The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. Votes: 0

For real human beings, the only realism is an embodied realism. Votes: 0

I try to get a degree of realism in my music. Votes: 0

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism. Votes: 0

There's a level of realism you can only achieve through the imaginary. Votes: 0

You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic. Votes: 0

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique Votes: 0

Detail is the heart of realism, and the fatty degeneration of art. Votes: 0

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique. Votes: 0

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique." Votes: 0

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk. Votes: 0

The solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism. Votes: 0

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. Votes: 0

This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at all. Votes: 0

I love realism. I don't like plastics. Deep down inside we're all the same. Votes: 0

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth. Votes: 0

After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood Votes: 0

As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. Votes: 0

I like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that's a great combination. Votes: 0

I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration. Votes: 0

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life." Votes: 0

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution. Votes: 0

Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too. Votes: 0

I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace. Votes: 0

Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work. Votes: 0

Mass entertainment in America has been dominated for a long time by the mode of documentary realism. Votes: 0

Lenin thought abstract art was a conspiracy by the bourgeois to demoralize the proletariat. Yeah, socialist realism! Votes: 0

Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism. Votes: 0

There's nothing that will bring realism into your world as quickly as realizing that you're out of cash. Votes: 0

...theories should be judged by their ability to predict events rather than by the realism of their assumptions. Votes: 0

Action films have a certain illogicalness to them. They're what we call, when we're working, 'exaggerated realism.' Votes: 0

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility. Votes: 0

Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes. Votes: 0

The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution. Votes: 0

In short, realism reveals. Where we thought nothing worthy of notice, it shows everything to be rife with significance. Votes: 0

I think what I find challenging is just trying to bring a truthfulness and a realism to a character. Votes: 0

It's not about adding diversity for the sake of diversity, it's about subtracting homogeneity for the sake of realism. Votes: 0

I don't think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, "I need a little more psychological realism." Votes: 0

We have to give up the idea of realism to a far greater extent than most physicists believe today. Votes: 0

Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America. Votes: 0

I am now a decided non-naturalist realist. And today we may even speak of a trend towards non-naturalist moral realism. Votes: 0

I still feel that sincerity and realism are avant-garde, or can be, just as I did when I started out. Votes: 0

At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence. Votes: 0

America is exceptional in combining standard great-power realism with extravagant idealism about the country's redemptive role in creating international order. Votes: 0

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for. Votes: 0

I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another. Votes: 0

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests. Votes: 0

Fantasy is hard to do when it comes to making it look good compared to something that's a documentary or hyper-realism. Votes: 0

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. Votes: 0

The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism. Votes: 0

I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist. Votes: 0

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth. Votes: 0

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. Votes: 0

Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. Votes: 0

Critical to any practice of sacred psychology is training in multiple imageries to facilitate the inner realism of journeys of the soul. ... Votes: 0

I admire hard-bitten, wisecracking realism of Ida Lupino and the film noir heroines. I'm sick of simpering white girls with their princess fantasies. Votes: 0

I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies. Votes: 0

Best movie ever?! Come on, my appearance on Arrested Development had more dynamics, realism and feel to it than the whole trilogy combined. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face. Votes: 0

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all. I'm interested in the ways that I think people want to relate. Votes: 0

Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way. Votes: 0

The latest literary discussions reflect a struggle between two artistic methods - romanticism and realism, with the latter clearly ascendant for the time being. Votes: 0

True realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest. Votes: 0

Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism. Votes: 0

John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion. Votes: 0

Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern. Votes: 0

All seemingly profound thinking which passes for realism, because it conveniently does away with all troublesome principles, has agreat attraction for the adolescent mind. Votes: 0

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me. Votes: 0

I admire the poetic relationship to place as enacted in Wallace Stevens' poems; his poetics strikes me as an argument against the restraints of realism. Votes: 0

Don't be led away by those howls about realism. Remember-pine woods are just as real as pigsties and a darn sight pleasanter to be in. Votes: 0

My thesis in terms of all my art is finding the beauty in the ugly truth. Just find the beauty in realism and what's there. Votes: 0

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Votes: 0

Even a part of an object has value. A whole new realism resides in the way one envisages an object or one of its parts. Votes: 0

Women are the only realists; their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken idealism of men. Votes: 0

I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary. Votes: 0

Fake realism is the escapist literature of our time. And probably the ultimate escapist reading is that masterpiece of total unreality, the daily stock market report. Votes: 0

Some philosophical arguments (e.g., in connection with the mind/body problem) look pretty good, while others (e.g., those that criticize moral realism) do not. Votes: 0

Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about his origin heightens the charm of his story. Votes: 0

Ideologically, I have a lot of problems with that, especially when people toss around that form of story as realism. What's called "realism" is actually highly formulaic. Votes: 0

There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but realism walks where fantasy dances. Votes: 0

I think a sense of humor is the emotional equivalent of a sense of realism. One should not take everything seriously, and everybody takes some things seriously. Votes: 0

Instead of just recording reality, photographs have become the norm for the way things appear to us, thereby changing the very idea of reality and of realism. Votes: 0

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real. Votes: 0

The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out. Votes: 0

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 and religion. Votes: 0

The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories it contains. Votes: 0

I'm not a literary writer who is wedded to notions of realism and fiction. I believe that you can write anything if you can feel it convincingly. Votes: 0

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 animal movement. Votes: 0

The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW. Votes: 0

The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the odds with gritted teeth. Votes: 0

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 valid as realism!" Votes: 0

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 a different vein. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way of viewing the world. Votes: 0

I transformed myself in the zero of form and emerged from nothing to creation, that is, to Suprematism, to the new realism in painting - to non-objective creation. Votes: 0

Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness. Votes: 0

Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism...[because] Hope helps move us in the direction of our goals and ambitions. Votes: 0

Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by which to explore reality itself. Votes: 0

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 along Chicago's mean streets. Votes: 0

Because Christianity is a religion of death, it could be treated with the utmost realism, and it could have its orgies, just likethe old religion of nature and life. Votes: 0

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 more realistic than that. Votes: 0

REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm. Votes: 0

Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism. Votes: 0

The geniuses who conduct the motion-picture business killed glamour when they decided that what the public wanted was not dream stuff, from which movies used to be made, but realism. Votes: 0

What interests me about fiction is, in part, its flickering edge between realism and where a tear in the fabric of a story lets in some other sort of light. Votes: 0

People want to see realism in action now. People want the actors to perform than the computers performing. Though I have done both, I enjoy the realism of action more. Votes: 0

Don't get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you're in. I'm into realism. I'm a hard fantasy guy. Votes: 0

No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you. Votes: 0

I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, This is real, too. Votes: 0

Come to me and show me a small cancer and I'll tell you you've got a small cancer that should be cut out. That's realism but in America it's called cynicism. Votes: 0

I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in from four to four hundred years. Votes: 0

All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief is offered - no laughter, no tears, no purgation. Votes: 0

A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends. Votes: 0

Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't seem totally photo-real, as amazing as they are. Votes: 0

All things in my novels are real for me. Some western critics said that Garcia Marquez's novels are magic realism. However, I believe that Marquez must have experienced everything in his novels. Votes: 0

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown. Votes: 0

To express hope by some star, the eagerness of a soul by a sunset radiance. Certainly there is nothing in that of stereoscopic realism, but is it not something that actually exists? Votes: 0

You can't just have stuff that is free and escapist, you have to have stuff that is confrontational as well. You need stuff that is mystical but you need the realism too. Votes: 0

What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control, rendering us passive with an analysis that overwhelms and paralyzes us. Votes: 0

What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control, rendering us passive with an analysis that overwhelms and paralyzes us. Votes: 0

Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. If the realist once believes, then he is bound by his very realism to admit the miraculous also. Votes: 0

For the most part, I think video games do a good job of capturing the essence of boxing. However, I'd like to continue to see them push the realism, emphasizing the skill involved. Votes: 0

Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story. Votes: 0

Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore naive realism, if true, is false; therefore it is false. Votes: 0

Would it not be better to have it understood that realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art -- although it may possibly be very good journalism? Votes: 0

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals." Votes: 0

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals. Votes: 0

In stamping photography with the patent of realism, society does nothing but confirm itself in the tautological certainty that an image of reality that conforms to its own representation of objectivity is truly objective. Votes: 0

As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news.We are told it would be pornographic. Votes: 0

That'’s a way to increase the realism to the reader, if you want to get technical - you leave it [character] vague and you let the reader fill in the blanks with their imagination. Votes: 0

And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all. Votes: 0

Life is very mysterious and there are many things we don't know. And there are elements of magic realism in every culture, everywhere. It's just accepting that we don't know everything and everything is possible. Votes: 0

I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time...Photography gladly accepts the challenge because it is at home in its element: namely, realism-real life-the now. Votes: 0

Delicious... Everything I'd hoped for in a new Wild Cards book. The character interactions and plot twists have exactly the complexity, surprise, and unsentimental realism I'd expect out of a George R. R. Martin project. Votes: 0