Naturalism Quotes

“People ask me how I did it. I don't know how I did it. I just did it.”

“Thus, both in space and time, there are mighty laws of distribution, which, though as yet but vaguely comprehended, must be ever present in the naturalist's mind; for they alone give to his science its loftiest import.”

“Naturalism is the best style. The best photography is the photography that is not noticed.”

“Naturalism is a form of romanticism, not an inner circle of realism.”

“To be a naturalistic writer is to believe that life is a mess.”

“Terrible things must happen to the characters of the naturalistic tale.”

“We all have our origin from earth and water.”

“There is no separate supernatural realm: all phenomena are part of one natural process of evolution.”

“Arrange the flowers as they are in the field.”

“I have been accused of being a ‘realist.’ I am not. I am a ‘naturalist.’ There is a difference.”

“Consciousness is the most conspicuous obstacle to a comprehensive naturalism that relies only on the resources of physical science.”

“The rainbow, she whom they call Iris, is also a cloud, purple, red, and greenish-yellow to behold.”