Sentences with phrase «self built castle»

Of course he would like to be successful, but does he in his self built castle still have what it takes to be the best?

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So the despairing self is constantly building nothing but castles in the air, it fights only in the air.

«America Is Hard to See,» the Whitney Museum's inaugural exhibition in its new building, showcased art by Castle, Bill Traylor (who was born into slavery in Alabama and began making art at age 85), and Horace Pippin (one of the first self - taught African American painters to attract the attention of major museums like the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney), but was also, in Edlin's view, «something of a missed opportunity,» considering the overall ratio of those few works to the entire installation.

It is a complex industry, built from a primal need to claim a nest (and then possibly a castle for our self - esteem needs), all for something that can be called «home».