Realist Authors

Famous quotes containing the words realist and/or authors:

“The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, alack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit?”
—Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)