realism, n.Definitions

Realism is seeing reality as concrete whereas optimism sees reality as clay.

Realism is the realization that ninety percent of everything is crap.

Realism is no longer a relevant distinction within philosophy as the factions within speculative realism grow in number.

Realism is the recognition that faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith.

Realism is the idea that in order to show an object one has to deform it.

Realism is the art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads, the charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.

Realism is vulgar in literature and the man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

Realism is the belief that the total of observable phenomena shows a structural uniformity or order in its many levels and that it allows the application of our intellectual constructions.