While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
Source: Quoted in: Dramatic Review (London, 23 May 1885).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.