ARTIST in a Sentence

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The personality of the artist passes into the narration itself, flowing round and round the persons and the action like a vital sea.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARTIST
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artist
 n.  a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  What is that beauty which the artist struggles to express from lumps of earth, said Stephen coldly.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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3  Beauty expressed by the artist cannot awaken in us an emotion which is kinetic or a sensation which is purely physical.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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4  This supreme quality is felt by the artist when the esthetic image is first conceived in his imagination.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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5  The image, it is clear, must be set between the mind or senses of the artist himself and the mind or senses of others.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  The personality of the artist passes into the narration itself, flowing round and round the persons and the action like a vital sea.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  The personality of the artist, at first a cry or a cadence or a mood and then a fluid and lambent narrative, finally refines itself out of existence, impersonalizes itself, so to speak.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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9  "You don't understand me, Harry," answered the artist.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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10  Harry," said Basil Hallward, looking him straight in the face, "every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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11  An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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12  Don't take away from me the one person who gives to my art whatever charm it possesses: my life as an artist depends on him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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13  "No, Harry," answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
14  Last night she was a great artist.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
15  I should have shown myself more of an artist.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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Example Sentence: (130 in 9 pages)
16  These latest paintings show how the artist has really grown in maturity.
17  Each poster is signed by the artist.
18  The artist is picking in shadows in the picture.
19  The artist drew the scene from memory.
20  The artist has pictured him as a young man in riding dress.
21  The artist asked his model to take a reclining posture.
22  Hodges wrote an unofficial biography of the artist.
23  Dreams can be a rich source of inspiration for an artist.
24  Trying to please an audience is the kiss of death for an artist.
25  I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist.
26  The artist painted on in spite of his family's opposition.
27  The artist drew a set of grid lines over the area to be painted.
28  He has become celebrated as an artist.
29  He is also respected for his brilliance as an artist.
30  The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life.