Neorealism is not a school; it is a way of looking at reality.

A statement associated with Italian neorealism, emphasizing that the movement should be understood less as a fixed set of stylistic rules and more as an approach to observing and representing everyday life and social conditions.

The idea is that neorealism is defined by an attitude toward truth and lived experience rather than by a formal checklist of techniques; it prioritizes attention to ordinary reality over adherence to an artistic label.