Sentences with phrase «mix of admiration»

Their questions seem a mix of admiration, condescension toward an outsider (albeit an outsider who was the son of one of England's leading physicists), and proper scientific skepticism:

When I'm talking to other green minded folk, I often find they respond with a mix of admiration and jealousy when I tell them I keep backyard chickens.

The art world watched with a mix of admiration and envy as the museum snagged one important work after another — prized paintings by Rothko, Mondrian and Magritte, 14 works by Robert Rauchenberg and 22 by Ellsworth Kelly purchased from the artists» personal holdings.

Some consumer groups watched the events unfold with a mix of admiration, jealousy and perhaps remorse.

Not exact matches

The occasionally predictable left - leaning tub - thumping was mixed in with a surprising admission of admiration for Mrs Thatcher.

In a sign of rumblings in the Labour party over its mixed performance in the local elections, the MP for Bassetlaw condemned what he called the «so - called strategists» for failing to exploit Farage's admiration for Margaret Thatcher.

She of course accepts in a horribly embarrassing opening scene involving Jim's dad, again played by Eugene Levy, who reacts to his son's troubles with a perfect mix of shock and admiration.

When it was over, I came away from the film with mixed feelings of admiration and frustration.

The success of the shows determine the awards — success usually means popularity mixed with admiration by critics.

Oliver's and Elio's relationship is one of mixed signals, abortive advances, and mutual respect and admiration.

Reactions were mixed — mostly excited, lots of surprises, a lot of admiration expressed for our «guts».

In this interview Rauschenberg speaks of his role as a bridge from the Abstract Expressionists to the Pop artists; the relationship of affluence and art; his admiration for de Kooning, Jack Tworkov, and Franz Kline; the support he received from musicians Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Earl Brown; his goal to create work which serves as unbiased documentation of his observations; the irrational juxtaposition that makes up a city, and the importance of that element in his work; the facsimile quality of painting and consequent limitations; the influence of Albers» teaching and his resulting inability to do work focusing on pain, struggle, or torture; the «lifetime» of painting and the problems of time relative symbolism; his feelings on the possibility of truly simulating chance in his work; his use of intervals, and its possible relation to the influence of Cage; his attempt to show as much drama on the edges of a piece as in the dead center; his belief in the importance of being stylistically flexible throughout a career; his involvement with the Stadtlijk Museum; his loss of interest in sculpture; his belief in the mixing of technology and aesthetics; his interest in moving to the country and the prospect of working with water, wind, sun, rain, and flowers; Ad Reinhardt's remarks on his Egan Show; his discontinuation of silk screens; his illustrations for Life Magazine; his role as a non-political artist; his struggles with abstraction; his recent theater work «Map Room Two;» his white paintings; and his disapproval of value hierarchy in art.