In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted into the French nobility four centuries ago, though at least an aristocratic age was franker, and therefore kinder, about the odds. It did not relentlessly play up the possibilities open to all, and so, in turn, did not cruelly equate an ordinary life with a failed one.

Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.

Cursed in earth and subdued by death, man found himself beset by time, and his instincts put to the test. Only then, he realized that with love he could survive, and that for a certain purpose he would toil. For those whom my love can not immune from death, are dedicated these paintings, in the hope they may express in drawing the reality of a resonant mind.

As a painter, I realized that what we see is just manifestation of unseen power. Since then [1958 Coup in Iraq], reality started to take another form in my mind. Hence, I was aware of deception of our senses.

I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the '60s.

The reality of life is that we are exposed to a multiplicity of toxic substances.

Traditionally the United States has been the natural leader of the world. That's not just pride as an American speaking; it's just the reality. Without the U.S. being involved in Paris Climate Agreement, it's hard for the world community to move forward as effectively.

George Orwell once wrote that a false belief sooner or later collides with physical reality, usually on a battlefield.

At some point, a false belief collides with physical reality.

Too much FANTASY loses REALITY, too much HOPE may seem somehow EMPTY.