Realness – Quotes

It takes courage to

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e. e. cummings

What Sri Krishna is saying, is that it’s a terrible mistake to believe that this life we lead is real. Obviously it’s real, but it doesn’t last very long in its realness. It’s very ephemeral and to mistaken the forms of life, the shapes that life takes, for reality, is not wise. Frederick Lenz

Real knowledge is to

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. Confucius

Perfection, in the form

Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling. Charlotte Beers

I’m really drawn to

I’m really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It’s unadorned. It’s not very pretty. Carrie Brownstein

Things are only real

Things are only real after one has learned to agree on their realness. What took place this evening, for instance, cannot possibly be real to you, because no one could agree with you about it. ‘Do you mean that you didn’t see what happened?’. Of course I did. But I don’t count. I am the … Read more

Somerset has a wonderful

Somerset has a wonderful wildness about it – it hasn’t been tamed. This is farming country, and there’s a realness here – I love it. Anthony Head

I search for the

I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it… I always want to see the third dimension of something… I want to come alive with the object. Andrew Wyeth

Janet Mock’s honest and

Janet Mock’s honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well, with grace, humor, and fierce grit. Mock doesn’t only redefine what realness means to her, but challenges us to rethink our own perceptions of gender and sexuality, feminism and sisterhood, … Read more

People need realness, reality.

People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It’s because you feel it; you see it in someone’s body language. Afrojack