Escapism Quotes

• I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

  

  Walter Bonatti
  • Human
  • Victory
  • Elements

• Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

  

  Alexander McQueen
  • Fashion
  • Imprisonment
  • Escapism

• I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.

  

  Paul Young Mike and the Mechanics
  • Music
  • Buy
  • Escapism

• I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

  

  Peter Hook New Order
  • Music
  • Business
  • Escape

• A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

  

  Wentworth Miller
  • Book
  • inspirational
  • Creativity

• I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.

  

  Freddie Mercury Queen
  • Songs
  • Escapism
  • Good Film

• We make music for escapism. It's like Star Warsfor the ears. Cult movies are really cool, but I'd rather go see a Steven Spielberg movie.

  

  Phil Collen Def Leppard
  • Music
  • Movie
  • Escapism

• Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious as human beings.

  

  Josh Bowman
  • Want
  • Lives
  • Escapism

• For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the whole basis of my concept of alpinism. Some people see no more in climbing mountains than an escape from the harsh realities of modern times. This is not only uninformed but unfair. I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

  

  Walter Bonatti
  • People
  • Together
  • Reality

• Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't. When it is done honestly, by a skillful writer, fantasy takes us far enough beyond our daily perceptions to open us to the essential realities beneath it. This is the true goal of all art.

  

  Ellen Kushner
  • Art
  • Fashion
  • Goal

• People tend to turn to the type of entertainment that has an escapism quality.

  

  Melissa Joan Hart
  • People
  • Quality
  • Entertainment

• Escapism- that's what I like. I'm not so crazy about the reality of everything.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • Reality
  • Everything
  • Escapism

• Escapism and wonder is influence. It makes you feel good, and that allows you to do things. You just keep on moving ahead, and you say, 'God, is this wonderful - do I appreciate it.'

  

  Michael Jackson
  • God
  • Influence
  • Escapism

• I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?

  

  Christopher Bollen
  • Escapism