Quotes About Realism

I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.

i find nothing more depressing than optimism.

But our country's equivalent of gritty reality is more like "Look out Sarge, he's got a shooter!"

Don't go a-hunting for a moose where there ain't no moose to hunt.

Such are the foolish dreams of idealistic children who believe that anything can possibly get better over time.

The only realism in art is of the imagination.

Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.

In the realist, you have the sorry sight of the five senses deprived of their imagination.

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

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

You can do something, but not everything.

The grim and gritty '90s thing is actually a teenage idea of what adult content is.

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.

Gertie frowned. "Why do you always have to be Debbie Downer?" Ida Belle shook her head. "I'm Reality Rita.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

To expect bad men never to do bad things is insensate; it is hoping for the impossible. To tolerate their offenses against others, and expect none done against oneself, is both irrational and arbitrary." —Marcus Aurelius

They should change "Happy New Year" to "Ha Ha! You Think This Year Will Be Different but Don't Fool Yourself—You're Still a Kid.

But what if …?" "What happens when …?" "Don't we need to plan for …?" Don't make up problems you don't have yet. It's not a problem until it's a real problem. Most of the things you worry about never happen anyway.

Companies love to declare "We're all family here." No, you're not.