Sentences with word «grandiose»

This retrospective explores Giuseppe Capogrossi's unique contribution to 20th - century art, tracing the evolution of his signature glyph in grandiose orchestrations of abstract mark and colour.

Don't get ahead of yourself with grandiose ideas of the perfect image, let the situation play out and snap accordingly.

I know of only three or four people looking at this, but they're not well - known because they don't make grandiose claims of looking for a theory of everything.

In the process, some of Apple's more grandiose plans for iOS 12 — such as a revamped homescreen — will reportedly be put on the shelf until iOS 13 in 2019.

Ripple is being promoted more as a service for international payments instead of being marketed with more grandiose claims, like trying to make fiat currency obsolete.

If it came to, say, $ 100, I wouldn't make grandiose plans about buying a new Mercedes.

Sure, ideas as grandiose as that take some time, but they are do - able — and fun, to boot!

I see this sloppy language everywhere, and I don't want elected politicians to be confused about how they got into office, or get even more grandiose ideas about what their job is.

The photos and the film create a clear picture of how, with quiet bravery rather than noisy bravado, Matta - Clark managed to break Minimalism's dependence on the white cube and Earth art's reliance on grandiose landscapes, finding instead a uniquely urban framework for his site - specific sculptures.

Apple Watch Series 3 isn't trying to be too grandiose in its appearance or what it is offering to the technology community.

But whatever comedy there was in Byars's enterprise — certainly there was some — is overridden by the sense of grandiose self - importance, a quality he shared with his idol, the artist - demagogue Joseph Beuys.

Needless to say she knew what she was talking about, but back then it was the old reality too, brokerages weren't luring seller's with grandiose promises or dreams of big savings etc., etc., — the high volume (full service but less time) brokerage concept hadn't seen the light of day, yet.

Business plans often detract from grandiose visions because they are inherently formulaic.

But there was a time when space travel kindled grandiose visions in scientists» minds, when rockets were as tall as skyscrapers and an unmanned mission seemed a failure of nerve.

Instead of making grandiose statements such as, «I'm going to get rid of everything I own on Saturday,» reframe your intention into something like, «This Saturday I am committed to cleaning out my chest of drawers.

«Through the efforts of many, I have been mentored and supported, which has allowed me to serve in leadership positions that exceed even the most grandiose dreams of my youth.

But how did breakfast gain such grandiose title?

Speaking to about 1,800 invited guests at the University of Buffalo's Center for the Performing Arts, the governor's plan concentrated more on neighborhood development and less grandiose projects that he said will still foster continuing economic progress in Western New York.

There would be a director of football, an academy director, and maybe even some other specialists with more grandiose titles such as «head of philosophy» or some other role, as is the case at some teams in the Football League.

But, in truth, he's probably just a megalomaniac — his only standard of belief is in whatever furthers his own grandiose dreams of becoming the first head of a world government.

Defined by grandiose lines and an elegant look, this modern bed will transform any ordinary bedroom into a luxurious sanctuary.

The full - length trailer for «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» has arrived, showing off the more grandiose scale of this middle chapter in the trilogy.

Either way, it will make Peter Molyneux's grandiose ambitions sound tame in comparison.

I know that statement sounds grandiose and super corny, but it's true.

Marquardt went public, making a splash with his unveiling of the Golden Mask, his understandably grandiose name for what was, if he was right, nothing less than a blueprint for the perfect face — and more than enough reason, you would think, for this reporter, passing through Los Angeles, to check in with Marquardt to see where his work has gone from there.

«A transformation of the world's entire economic system is essential,» their missive began in typically grandiose fashion.

His writing is organic and genuine, these don't seem like grandiose set pieces but rather like conversations that actually happened with real people, not just caricatures.

At one point in years past, we made plans for a charitable trust; it is kind of embarrassing now, and seems grandiose in hindsight.

Bierstadt, a German - American artist, was lauded for grandiose landscape paintings, particularly those that captured the newly accessible American West.

It's fine to have high self - esteem, but during a manic phase people with bipolar disorder sometimes experience grandiose thoughts and an inflated sense of self - importance.

This will, Solzhenitsyn argues, can not find happiness in serving any abstraction, even one so grandiose as heaven on earth.

Applying for college is a difficult, emotional process that often involves a lot very grandiose attempts to prove yourself as being separated from the pack, several sleepless night of studying...

Originally commissioned by Mussolini, the building's grandiose architecture stands in stark contrast to Penone's work, which deals primarily with nature and the elements.

The game feels grandiose, too.

Many of us are prone to making grandiose New Year's resolutions.

The subject of The New Weird literary movement came up via Alastair Reynold's Chasm City and China Mieville's Perdido St. Station, arguably the pinnacle of the briefly flowering niche - of - a-niche segment of science fiction that aimed to meld pulp adventure with classic literary drama, body horror with cyberpunk, and Lovecraftian terrors with grandiose world building.

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Besides the constant affection and grandiose gestures, there are other things to watch out for, as well.

He received his doctorate in educational philosophy and subsequently developed rather grandiose expectations about his contributions to Christian theology.

But America 2000 and Goals 2000 did provide an important lesson — that grandiose goals don't mean much unless they are accompanied by very concrete guidelines on how they might be achieved.

Many of the Newport mansions are constructed from imported Italian marble and are designed in the Beaux - Arts style (named after the École des Beaux - Arts in Paris where it was taught), which features grandiose architectural structures, ornate decorative detailing, and large stairways, arches and balconies.

Always a restless innovator, Mr. Stella seems to have consciously aimed to blow away his audiences perennially with each new grandiose visual statement.

«We in this community have seen far too many times, people come in and make these huge, grandiose announcements about transformational economic development,» Miner said.

But Jobs» condition was a unique one, a head full of grandiose delusions that would eventually melt away into plain old grandiosity, spearheading a sea change in personal computing — or more broadly, life as we know it.