realist

• I have the fancy that a realist is a good corrector of formalism, no matter how incapable of syllogism or continuous linked statement. —  The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II
• Depict inert things as a realist, as a poet, it's all the same to me, but, when one touches on the emotions of the human heart, it is another thing. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
• Agnes might best be described as a realist unburdened by facts, and Axel as a creature unburdened by realism. —  FSFOct/Nov2004
• I'd describe the style as magical neo-realist, as long as we can agree to expunge any whimsical connotations from that term. —  GreenCine Daily
• But given how often Clinton is described as a "realist," she certainly has a record of making bombastic statements about the foreign countries that Obama most wants to engage. —  FP Passport

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