#unreality

For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it. It should have the dignity of a ceremony, as well as its unreality, and should combine the insincere character of a romantic play with the wit and beauty that make such plays delightful to us. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#good-society #unreality #art

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it. ↗

— Morley Safer

#beyond #got #nothing #real #reality

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#failure #friends #only #real #realize

There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming. ↗

— Al Gore

#arcane #because #changing #debating #dramatic