Quotes About Realism

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.

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.

There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.

It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person.

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded.

People want to see realism in action now.

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.

The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.

It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.

It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.

We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that.

You can pout about the way the world is as long as you want, but that's not going to change it. You've got to figure it out.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

When I'm describing wartime activities or violence I don't want to be too ornate, to prettify the picture. Once we trace them to the present, the prose becomes denser.

I've always really been a fan of scenes in which you're able to be as natural as you want.

Don't mistake the Russia you want to exist for the Russia that there actually is. Be realistic.

For all the wrong reasons. But there's this – in this Hood-damned world, it's worth taking what you can get. Whatever you can get.

This is reality, Greg.-Elliot from E.T.

He painted beautiful demons that smiled with frightening realism from the canvas; demons that-even though only representations in paint-promised pain and pleasure in equal measure.