Realism dies when it fails to go beyond imitation.
Quoted by Calvin Tompkins
There is no realism without an element of idealism.
Quoted by Henry A. Kissinger
A realist is a man who knows both the world and his own dreams.
Quoted by Ursula K. Le Guin
There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce oneself.
Quoted by Audrey Flack
The only realism in art is of the imagination.
Quoted by William Carlos Williams
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
Quoted by Ayn Rand
Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.
Quoted by Edgar Degas
There's a level of realism you can only achieve through the imaginary.
Quoted by Fumito Ueda
Realism is the light that shines between change and challenge.
Quoted by Balroop Singh
Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reasonthat is its reason for existing.
Quoted by G.K. Chesterton
Being realistic encompasses the negative, but it by no means excludes the positive.
Quoted by T.K. Coleman
Realism seems not like an end in itself, but like a portal to something truly new.
Quoted by Melanie Peter
A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.
Quoted by John C. Maxwell
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Quoted by Philip K. Dick