| 单词 | dilettante |
| 例句 | “It’s better up here away from the phonies and the dilettantes. Here I can do what I want and no one comes to sneer. You’re not a sneerer, are you?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Our work together flushing out the more dilettante students has made this school a safer, purer place — SCORPIUS: Has it? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, several accomplished alpinists not on her team regarded Pittman as a grandstanding dilettante. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Charles wasn’t a dilettante; he was serious about the breeding and created his own new lines of pigeons. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There were no scientists in Stuart England,’ we are told, ‘and all the men we have grouped together under that heading were in their varying degrees dilettantes.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You can just imagine the attack ad her opponent, first-term Republican Rep. Mike Bishop, could launch: This carpetbagging dilettante and the liberal Hollywood elite want to buy your wholesome Midwestern seat in Congress. Melissa Gilbert won hearts as a child star. Can she win a seat in Congress? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z But I felt like I was being just a dilettante. Peter Dinklage Is Still Punk Rock 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z If only she weren’t playing such a worm and a dilettante. Review: In ‘Days of Rage,’ the Revolution Will Be Trivialized 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Again and again, Pelosi is dismissed, first as a dilettante housewife, then as a far-left San Francisco kook, finally as an establishment dinosaur — and throughout, as a woman. Nancy Pelosi’s Brilliant Career 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z It is wild – home to wolves, deer and boars – but accessible with well-signposted trails for mountaineers and dilettante hikers alike. Bilbao baggings: the ultimate picnic road trip 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z His detractors called Winner a purveyor of violence and sleaze, a dilettante who traded his talent for the transient pleasures of the bon viveur. Obituary: Michael Winner 2013-01-21T15:27:33Z As a close collaborator to so many artists in hip-hop and R&B, he understands what drives that music; he’s no dilettante. ArtsBeat: Robert Glasper Experiment: So Is It Jazz? 2012-02-24T20:24:33Z Jarrett, despite all his dazzling dexterity, sounds like a comparative dilettante, his playing lacking in color and interpretive nuance. CD Notes: Keith Jarrett’s “Barber/Bartók” 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z This is not the story of a dilettante dabbling. 'Monk With a Camera,' though devoted, is blurry at its center 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z “I was often so nervous onstage before this play, and at first I felt like some TV actress dilettante trying to prove that I was up to a theater challenge,” Ms. Tierney said. Despite Cancer, Maura Tierney Tries ?North Atlantic? 2010-04-20T21:43:00Z “They wanted to make sure I was a real artist and not a dilettante or something.” How the black radical female artists of the '60s and '70s made art that speaks to today's politics 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z That seems to be the general consensus when it comes to Franco: he is the worst possible thing, an excruciating dilettante. It’s time to bring James Franco's reign of half-assed artistry to an end 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Among the ranks of the SoundCloud rap generation, there are pranksters, heartthrobs, and dilettantes, but Onfroy clawed to the surface as the genre’s wretched bard. The Violent Life and Shocking Death of XXXTentacion 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Those are not the abs of a dilettante!” Paul Ryan and hot presidential pecs 2012-08-17T22:45:00Z Doing so risks further politicizing the body or making it part of the spoils system of federal appointments, which could impanel dilettantes and wealthy donors. Perspective | With most Trump appointees off the fine arts commission, Biden can put a progressive stamp on federal architecture 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “He’s not a dilettante,” says Hunter of Kaplan’s demeanor in the field. Tom Kaplan: Billionaire King Of Cats 2013-10-08T14:00:00Z Scratch his deep thinkers and dilettantes and you find fascists and sheep underneath. From the Schlump With the Shiv, Two Plays Turned Podcasts 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s true that some thought the multifaceted Bernstein was a dilettante. Not Just ‘West Side Story’: Celebrating Bernstein’s Symphonies 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Nor is she the willful, self-indulgent dilettante she embodies in “You Wont Miss Me.” The Many Faces of Stella 2010-12-29T21:45:19Z From there, Martial, an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and his brother, a dilettante painter of exceptional talent, observed and chronicled the daily life of the belle époque. In Transit: Paris Show Spotlights Caillebotte Brothers 2011-06-17T10:00:44Z No communications director these days would permit a politician, especially a Conservative, to face Paxo in a tuxedo now, because of the risk of being labelled the posh rich dilettante party. TV matters: Newsnight dress code 2011-03-03T12:11:55Z You're having a dilettante's argument about something that will never be considered by the political infrastructure. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z In this culture, I’m a mere chipper, a dilettante hobbyist who bakes bread on the odd weekend and eats Skippy peanut butter off the spoon the rest of the week. Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? 2013-04-28T01:00:00Z He says that calling someone a dilettante is only considered an insult because our culture is so caught up in work and ambition. In ‘Beginners,’ a Writer Takes Up Chess and Surfing and Singing and Juggling and … 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Leaf form may be the province of the dilettante, but color is not: It’s a primary consideration. Why the Japanese maple is a must-have for any foliage-loving gardener 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z She hesitated to use the Hearst name on the label for fear she’d be pigeonholed as a dilettante. Gabriela Hearst is dressing women for a new era of political power 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Her imagined Dworkin-hating dilettante, discussing the politics of bikini waxing and “giving blow jobs like it’s missionary work,” has long been passé. The Case Against Contemporary Feminism 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z “Little known outside a rarefied ’70s jet set of rock ’n’ rollers, movie stars, socialites and European dilettantes,” Hagan would write, “his name was once a secret handshake.” Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled With Rare Recordings. 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Patent Office, was never realized, Auriti typifies the sort `'illustrious nobody" and `'dilettante" that Gioni wants to draw attention to through the exhibition. 55th Venice Biennale celebrates the outsider 2013-05-31T09:59:10Z It doesn’t get much more grim than taking on du Pont, a dilettante with a wrestling obsession who created a facility at his Foxcatcher farm for amateur wrestlers to practice for the Olympics. 3 hours of makeup later, Steve Carell becomes John du Pont for ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z As digital software becomes available to every video-art dilettante, the art world seems to be reassessing the pioneering achievements of the earliest experimenters in the genre. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-01T00:05:47Z "Most actors are dilettantes," said Marc Iannarino, 28, an Iraq vet, one-time publicist and former owner of a Porsche sold to finance his play about swingers, which starred his old roommate McHalffey. Buddies and budding actor, writer hustle to land their big breaks 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z "I'm quite a dilettante," he during a recent phone call from Tokyo. Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli surfaces with 'Tale of Princess Kaguya' 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z But Nimoy had other interests — he was a polymath or a dilettante, depending on what you make of his poetry, his photography, his music. Leonard Nimoy: His Spock was the master of cosmic cool 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “A man who is rich in his adolescence is almost doomed to be a dilettante at table,” he wrote. Books to Inspire Hunger and Thirst 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z The culture so often considers creative work an indulgence, a trifle—the terrain of dilettantes, heirs, and heiresses. Why Artists Need Oddball Residencies 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z She wasn’t a pretty face serving someone else’s concept, or a dilettante. Lana Del Rey Still Stirs Things Up With ‘Ultraviolence’ 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “The Scent of Burnt Flowers” makes a compelling case that Bazawule is no literary dilettante. Blitz Bazawule Is Building Bridges Between Worlds 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z It's traditional to groan at the alleged dilettante attitude of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the Globes. The Social Network should block The King's Speech in Golden Globes clash 2010-12-15T16:56:48Z It's not a bunch of dilettantes deciding what songs from their record collection they want heard on the show, and what this character could do that is really fun or interesting. Hot seat: David Simon explains "Treme" 2011-07-04T12:05:00Z To be rich, sophisticated and multitalented is to be branded, inevitably and indelibly, a dilettante. Classical Music Recordings 2013-05-03T19:32:33Z However, as with the film’s hero, there is an element of the dilettante in Bertolucci’s approach. Bernardo Bertolucci obituary 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Yet Moby’s earnest dedication to the craft of writing — to creating a book enjoyable on its own terms — makes it harder to view “Porcelain” as merely the latest diversion for a wealthy dilettante. Moby goes where Brian Eno, and his ancestor Herman Melville, went before 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Many a moon later, those dilettantes aiming for connoisseur status can get a taste of what they missed. Theater Review: ‘Moose Murders,’ From Beautiful Soup Theater Collective 2013-02-01T23:04:40Z They had a passion for music, but not always the knowledge, he added, calling them “professional dilettantes.” At the Bauhaus, Music Was More Than a Hobby 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z So maybe being a dilettante is your expertise! Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mockers of children’s names, thy name is Arrogance 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The scene made me glad to be a dilettante. The televisual Sherlock: The role that made Benedict Cumberbatch a star drove another actor insane 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z His public relish for the trappings of success — lavish homes, expensive art, Arabian horses — and for the company of other rich, famous people, reinforced the impression of a dilettante without artistic convictions. Review | ‘Mike Nichols: A Life’ is a shrewd, in-depth examination of the elusive man behind the polished facade 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z He's a dilettante poet with a weakness for fur that stems from a regal aunt who once beat him when he was a boy while he was stretched out on her black fox coat. 'Venus in Fur' is a delicious study of sexual power dynamics 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Spoiler sensitivity is for sissies and dilettantes: Real men face the inevitable with stoical resolve. Movie Review: Mark Wahlberg Stars in ‘Lone Survivor’ by Peter Berg 2013-12-24T21:55:24Z And they are regarded more like dilettantes than peers. D.J.’s Who Spin the Family Name 2012-09-19T22:36:53Z She entered “a marriage of inconvenience,” as James puts it, with a homosexual dilettante and soon began experimenting with her own gender presentation. Review | How Capri became a hotbed of hedonism 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Having to work keeps you from being a dilettante, she says. At Home With Wendy Burden: A Vanderbilt Descendant Laughs Off Dysfunction 2010-03-24T22:45:00Z Unlike his TV persona as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock, the self-described dilettante is an intelligent interviewer with a voice that mesmerises. Top 10 US podcasts for road trip listening 2013-07-19T23:10:00Z The American writer and dilettante Logan Pearsall Smith once said: "Some people think that life is the thing; but I prefer reading." Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile 2012-06-29T21:55:18Z “I was a dilettante and knew nothing,” he later wrote in his autobiography. The Story of ‘the Most Underrated Composer in History’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “Of trying to understand things as simply as possible. But a dilettante is open to many directions and curious, so you see this in the connection to their sense of experimentation.” At the Bauhaus, Music Was More Than a Hobby 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z NP: Yeah, they said I was a dilettante, but most people didn’t know what that meant, so it didn’t matter. Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z If you seek to do many things, you’ll taste a wider variety of human goods, but you may end up a well-rounded mediocrity — a dilettante. Remember the ‘10,000 Hours’ Rule for Success? Forget About It 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z “I’m trying to be less of a dilettante with instruments,” he said. Playlist: Worldly Influences On a Young Artist 2011-07-22T18:47:47Z The oddest exhibit is a "mechanical picture" owned by dilettante scientist Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z She was a wealthy dilettante and a groupie. The Baroness: The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild by Hannah Rothschild – review 2012-06-01T21:52:01Z She had shown a flair for writing and for painting, but her father made her choose between the two, warning against being a dilettante. Painter Joan Mitchell finally gets her due 2011-05-02T10:57:09Z Iris’s mother, a hypochondriac and a dilettante, complied with his wishes. Not a Moment Too Soon: Iris Origo’s War Diary 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z "Neither age nor experience is any indication of aptitude however, and a tricky signature challenge soon began sorting the dedicated from the dilettantes," she said. Bake Off return attracts 7.2 million 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z His biography on his LinkedIn page is even more amorphous, calling him a “blogger and occasional narcissist; sycophant and dilettante.” Up Close: A New-Media Mogul and Social Butterfly 2010-07-14T18:45:00Z We were so liberated that we were practically dilettantes. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z Remember Josh Radnor’s dilettante drama teacher in NBC’s ill-fated “Rise” last spring, whose lack of interpersonal awareness made the show so dreary? Perspective | ‘Magnum P.I.,’ ‘Manifest’ and the problem of reviewing fall’s dreadful new shows 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The tragedy of the novel is that Isabel chooses the wrong suitor — the scheming dilettante Gilbert Osmond — and the question hanging over the book’s last section is whether she’ll leave him or not. Whatever Happened to Isabel Archer? ‘Mrs. Osmond’ Picks Up Where Henry James Left Off 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Downs was a man of many parts, with numerous interests unrelated to broadcasting — in his own self-effacing words, he was “a champion dilettante” who dabbled in music, art and science. Hugh Downs, Perennial Small-Screen Fixture, Is Dead at 99 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “In a world of dilettantes,” Mr. Kosky said, “he was the real thing.” Austrian Conductor Dies After Collapsing Onstage in Munich 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z As Mr. Rich wrote, “A visit to ‘Moose Murders’ is what will separate the connoisseurs of Broadway disaster from mere dilettantes for many moons to come.” Theater Review: ‘Moose Murders,’ From Beautiful Soup Theater Collective 2013-02-01T23:04:40Z “It would be a mere waste of time,” a 1942 entry in that submissions ledger went, “to go into details about this opera which is an immature product of two dilettantes.” A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I really want to be an expert on natural history subjects and not a dilettante... Book Talk: Jim Crace says last novel a generous gift 2013-02-14T11:14:29Z The unfortunate effect was to paint Ms. Nagel as a dilettante. Letters 2010-12-31T04:15:37Z He was attacked as a dilettante, one whose music wavered between bombast and bizarrerie, whose poetic productions mixed platitude and gibberish. Bob Dylan as Richard Wagner 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The background: It's a great time to dabble, to be a dilettante. New band of the day ? No 825: Sleeping Bags 2010-07-14T16:27:00Z But far from being a rich dilettante, he was a true man of the theater and knew how to pick a winner. Martin Richards, Producer of Broadway Hits, Dies at 80 2012-11-28T05:57:15Z In light of that, Mr. Horovitz wrote that “the execution of its Poetry Professorship by bona fide poets, and not critics or dilettantes, strikes me as quintessential.” Candidates for Oxford's Poetry Professor Attack Each Other With (What Else?) Poetry 2010-06-17T13:28:00Z See More » This season has dabbled at substance with the disinterest of a dilettante: Vampirism as a metaphor for AIDS, fame as a sort of death, motherhood as infection. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 11: Hotel California 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z I remember attending the first run of “Angels in America” on Broadway and, even as a dilettante, recognizing that Tony Kushner’s play was a cultural game changer. ‘Victory,’ by Linda Hirshman 2012-06-22T22:49:03Z “I think people felt, oh, this is a cute, little project, and I’m a dilettante,” she said. Finding the Design in Her DNA 2011-04-29T23:33:25Z But he is also a deeply polarizing character, mocked by some critics as a dilettante or sound bite philosopher. A Polarizing French Philosopher Chooses War Zones Over Salons 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Johnson was an opportunist, a dilettante and a showman, better at finessing the social, bureaucratic and economic obstacles to building than at actual design. ‘Architecture’s Odd Couple’: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In “The Enchanters” she is depicted as a pill-popping, ditzy dilettante, deluded and drunk and self-centered and into some very shady stuff. James Ellroy has his way with 1960s L.A. — and the corpse of Marilyn Monroe 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z “Not me. I’m a dilettante. My governing word is ‘curiosity.’” Ian Hacking, Eminent Philosopher of Science and Much Else, Dies at 87 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Kenner has described the hip-hop star as a naive amateur diplomat — a dilettante, not a criminal. From rap royalty to federal court, Fugees star on trial in financial scandal 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z It is an expert on some subjects and a dilettante on others. OpenAI Plans to Up the Ante in Tech’s A.I. Race 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z After a hit-and-run accident, three people — a servant, a dilettante and a journalist — find their lives tangled up in the crime’s mysterious origins and aftermath. 10 books to add to your reading list in January 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z It toughened him to external opinions from dilettante armchair play callers. Perspective | Kyle Shanahan’s next trick: Pursuing the playoffs with Mr. Irrelevant 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Today, however, people engaged in the serious craft of politics are understandably uninterested in the work of dilettantes who dabble at politics to the detriment of their vocation. Opinion | In the sandbox also known as academia, it’s the golden age of the grovel 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z To regain its footing, AMC has courted dilettante “meme stock” investors, announced plans to sell AMC-branded microwave popcorn in supermarkets and even invested in a struggling Nevada gold mine. Movie Theaters Had a Great Summer. But There’s a Plot Twist. 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z As I read it, the doctrine also acknowledged that, in making art that serves a political ideal, serious artists — the ones who aren’t dilettantes — more often find themselves serving naked power. Review | San Francisco’s Diego Rivera exhibition is the largest in 20 years 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z If anyone’s tempted to suggest that the place is filled with rich dilettantes, he noted that 36 percent of the people in this year’s entering class are eligible to receive Pell Grants for lower-income students. Some Colleges Don’t Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It? 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z A third former employee told me my assessment of Williams — essentially, a callous dilettante — was unfair. Why Medium failed 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The commanding officer of the fort is an inept dilettante played by Ken Berry. Larry Storch, comic actor in TV sitcom ‘F Troop,’ dies at 99 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z I love getting to be a professional dilettante. For Sackler exposé writer Patrick Radden Keefe, truth is always stranger than fiction 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “It really expanded my understanding of music I was a dilettante with. It helped me go deeper.” The many lives of KEXP, now a more diverse, online global phenomenon 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z I had thought of Hopper as something of a photography dilettante, but Rozzo makes the case that his work had genuine artistic merit. The glamour and the underbelly of the hippest party house in 1960s L.A. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “The only ones who would fall for this are Western dilettantes.” Killing of Ukrainian civilians could bring new sanctions 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Whipp: “Memento” remains my favorite Nolan movie, which probably makes me a heretic or dilettante to his core group of believers. Why Halle Berry deserved her Oscar win — and who didn't — 20 years ago 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z These include the fact-deniers, the delusional dilettantes of destruction and devout worshippers of "alternate facts" who dwell in a shadowy world of misery, misinformation and malignancy. Vladimir Putin is losing the war — at least on social media. Here's why that matters 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “Am I the best dilettante that ever lived?” Bob Odenkirk’s Long Road to Serious Success 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Long before that, Scaife had lived the life of a dilettante. The Great Inheritors: How three families shielded their fortunes from taxes for generations 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Critics derided him throughout as a rich dilettante seeking to buy a seat in Congress. In Congress, David Trone keeps it personal: Combating the opioid epidemic that killed his nephew 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z “I strongly believe the future of cinema will be on the big screen, no matter what any Wall Street dilettante says,” Villeneuve wrote in a lengthy statement to Variety last December. Despite hybrid release, ‘Dune’ draws well on the big screen 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z When Market owners claimed many vendors supported urban renewal, in an angry ad scolding “every hippie, do-gooder and dilettante” seeking a “Market merit badge,” the Friends recruited many more vendors to support their side. How Seattle pulled together 50 years ago to preserve Pike Place Market — and the soul of the city 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z He has consistently sought to undermine his own intelligence services - who have long warned of Russian and Chinese interference - dismissing them as "dilettantes". Milos Zeman: The Czech leader proud to be politically incorrect 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z McAuliffe, once seen as a dilettante, can now legitimately claim to be one of the most experienced candidates ever to run for Virginia governor. McAuliffe needs his winning streak to hold as he seeks another term as Virginia governor 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Take dilettante: The superficial connotation of the word is a modern invention. Why Use a Dictionary in the Age of Internet Search? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Witchcraft, real or imagined, has become a somewhat trendy tack among writers turning over the legacies of patriarchy, but Blakemore is no dilettante here. Review: How weird women became ‘witches’ in a fierce debut historical novel 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The then-lieutenant governor told reporters he was surprised by the negativity of ads funded by charter school backers, which criticized his work ethic and sought to cast him as a dilettante. Recall gives Netflix's Reed Hastings a chance to mend fences with Newsom 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z “David Ellison is not some rich guy’s son who is a dilettante in all of this — not at all,” Mr. Geffen said. Dumb Money No More: How David Ellison Became a Hollywood High Flier 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z I’m a dilettante, I kept thinking, not an expert in anything. Hearing about the Big Bang for the First Time 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z To be a dilettante once meant that love and curiosity drove your interest in a given discipline. Why Use a Dictionary in the Age of Internet Search? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z No one’s detestation of Trump matches the breadth and depth of McConnell’s, which includes a professional’s disdain for a dilettante. Opinion | Now begins McConnell’s project to shrink Trump’s GOP influence 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Now GOP operatives are portraying Becerra at once as a leftist radical who will impose socialized medicine and a healthcare dilettante who will be manipulated by big insurance companies. How Republicans plan to sink Xavier Becerra's nomination 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z But at first, he was dubious, thinking she was a dilettante. Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He's a presidential dilettante, even now, nearly four years into the gig. Time to dump the presidential dilettante — he's a cruel and incompetent failure 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Until recently, I was something of a coffee dilettante. The Verge’s favorite gadgets for coffee and tea 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z The path to the workshop takes “blistered hands, not dilettante pottering and observation.” Reckoning with Our Mistakes 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z What you would not do, however, would be to establish yourself as a corona dilettante who is too quick to dismiss public concerns. Going to school on the politics of corona 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The dilettante style of English conservatism charmed her. Anne Applebaum: how my old friends paved the way for Trump and Brexit 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z These days, the ground is especially fertile for dilettantes and tourists to run for national office. America's nervous breakdown: For white folks who love Trump, a descent into madness 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z She once told the Irish Times she resented being described at times as a dilettante. Jean Kennedy Smith, JFK’s sister and an architect of peace in Northern Ireland, dies at 92 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z That’s the main reason she hates the occasional depiction of her as a dilettante. You're probably wrong about Ottessa Moshfegh 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “It’s a very serious professional operation pretending to be a bunch of champagne dilettantes,” said James Kirkup, a writer for the magazine. Rogue Trip by Boris Johnson Aide Makes U.K.’s Spectator Part of the Story 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z He saw it as lacking in skill and, at the same time, elitist, cosmopolitan and inaccessible — the product of an international cadre of what Hitler called “chatterboxes, dilettantes and art swindlers.” Perspective | Walking a tightrope 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z His inner circle of sycophants, lightweights and glib TV pundits, ill-managed by his dilettante son-in-law, might be good for a joke or a tall tale. Opinion | Trump has proven it. We’re on our own, America. 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z “I don’t mind the word ‘dilettante,’” he once said of himself. Peter Beard: reckless playboy photographer whose life was as wild as his work 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z He dedicated himself 100% to being a racing driver, he was not a dilettante or part-timer. Stirling Moss was like Ayrton Senna: a lover of motor racing who gave his all | Damon Hill 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Crisis leadership is no place for a dilettante. Perspective | Coronavirus shows the merits of being a career politician 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson created hundreds of sculptures, yet for many years he was considered a dabbler, a purveyor of kitsch, a rich dilettante who was scorned by critics and the art establishment. Seward Johnson, Johnson & Johnson heir who sculpted real-life images in bronze, dies at 89 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z The organization ran ads portraying Newsom as a dilettante and criticizing his work ethic when he served as mayor of San Francisco. Gov. Newsom has yet to make an endorsement as Super Tuesday approaches 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “A dilettante means someone who does what he loves.” Peter Beard: reckless playboy photographer whose life was as wild as his work 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z What changed is that an artist perceived as a dilettante, thanks to sexist assumptions about her aesthetic and background, turned out to be one of pop’s grafters. The best albums of 2019, No 1: Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell! 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “Strategy is hard, unless you’re a dilettante. You must think until your head hurts.” Analysis | The Daily 202: Jim Mattis’s reading list offers a jarring contrast to Trump’s lack of intellectual curiosity 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z The more Kennedy pressed, depicting McCarthy as a racially insensitive dilettante who didn’t really want to be President, a man who was taking advantage of his volunteers, the more Sylvester and Branch dug in. The Campaign Volunteer Whose Brilliance Haunted Robert F. Kennedy 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s possible that footage of long, grim queues to get to the peak, and of climbers left for dead, transmitted in real time, will discourage future dilettantes. Perspective | Mount Everest is packed. Whose fault is that? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He was concerned that academic standards were being lowered and he disparaged campus militants as “dilettantes jumping on the bandwagon and acting out all the trappings of something new and exciting.” Martin Kilson, first tenured black professor at Harvard, dies at 88 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The Sun City Girls also drew on its members’ travels around the world, their songs sometimes seeming like dilettante approximations of West African guitar music or Southeast Asian pop. Sublime Frequencies’ Vision of What World Music Means Today 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Is it important, I wondered, that he not be seen as a mere celebrity dilettante — a type, he must know, that Coachella tends to welcome with open arms? Idris Elba is playing Coachella. First he got to work in this L.A. studio 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Abloh distinguishes himself from a dilettante who becomes a d.j. or a designer or a musician simply because he has the followers. Virgil Abloh, Menswear’s Biggest Star 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z In a backslapping musical world of insipid dilettantes, Mark and his music stand for absolute conviction, absolute meaning and the absolute refusal to compromise your vision. Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z The latest billionaire dilettante to step into the electoral chopper blades has tripped all kinds of alarm bells on the left, given the existential stakes of the 2020 presidential election. Howard Schultz and Steve Schmidt: Agents of Trump, whether they admit it or not 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z That narrative suggests that, by the eighteenth century, the Royal Society was dominated by trivial pursuits and aristocratic dilettantes rather than disciplinary experts. Rags, riches and Royal Society rebellion 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z President Zeman described the BIS as "dilettantes" and the report as "blather", provoking a rare public rebuke from the agency's director. A city watching out for Russian and Chinese spies 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z From my point of view — that of a dilettante — this is a bad PR move and not a lot more. Elon Musk doesn’t respect the SEC, which is still investigating Tesla 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Moreover, it shows that when the experts are discounted as "elitists" the dilettantes, like Kushner, can do lasting damage to the world at large. The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Overnight, Pelosi went from relative anonymity to a figure taunted on billboards across San Francisco asking voters if they wanted “a legislator or a dilettante?” They say terrible things about Nancy Pelosi. Her response: Just win, Democrats - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Theodore regarded FDR as a privileged dilettante: “He does not wear the brand of our family.” Opinion | Family ties are no match for Trump’s divisive politics 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Cockburn’s elder daughter rejected the idea that her mother is a dilettante. Learning to do a double flip: From red to blue and from reporter to politician 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Look, I’m a dilettante, but that seems low? SpaceX gets into space tourism while the Department of Justice gets into Tesla 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z At the same time, he dismissed Nixon as a naive dilettante and mocked her work as an actress. Cuomo cruises past Nixon in NY gubernatorial primary 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z So I'm just a dilettante journalist who hangs out with philosophers and physicists. Why Does Jim Holt Exist? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z In practice, this translates to there being a whole lot of monkeys together at once, a nightmare for any dilettante trying to make heads or tails of what is going on. Life Among the Monkeys 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Please, no more celebrities or inexperienced dilettantes running for high political office. Cynthia Nixon Hints at a Run, and Cuomo Flexes His Muscle 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z It may hold off tests to keep talks rolling, but if it does test, conservative criticism of President Moon as naive dilettante will be crushing. Have the Winter Olympics repaired North-South Korea relations? 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z I dislike it, because I am essentially a dilettante. The Apple Watch wants to alter your behavior — can it? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Holt: My distinctive trait is that I’m a dilettante who is always trying to learn something new, and learn it well enough that I can explain it clearly to others. Why Does Jim Holt Exist? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z In addition to getting in the face of your local retailer, there are websites that reward the curious, from dilettantes to full-on geeks. Strategies to make 2018 your best wine year ever 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Based on more than 200 interviews with current and former Trump confidantes and staff, “Fire and Fury” showcases the President as a fame-hungry dilettante wholly uninterested in the complexities of his job. The juiciest lines from Michael Wolff’s Trump book 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z I’m still waiting to be tapped on the shoulder, told that the dilettante life is over and it’s time to get a proper job. 'I'm a magpie, a collector of facts and curiosities': secrets of a quizmaster 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z I am a dilettante, but I am still off the couch. The Apple Watch wants to alter your behavior — can it? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Bought by a dilettante with "stupid money", to be hidden from sight during his lifetime. Mystery Buyer of $450 Million ‘Salvator Mundi’ Was a Saudi Prince 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, Trump’s unseriousness has become so grotesque, so all-consuming, that it has distracted us from dozens of other dilettantes and demagogues in Washington — far too many of them other members of Trump’s own political party. Opinion | ‘Reasonable’ Republicans are betraying us, too 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The military junta thought they were dealing with a political dilettante who would be easily crushed and dispatched back to England. Aung San Suu Kyi: damned by her silence | Observer profile 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The dilettante now recognizes it as contemporary Chinese — the forerunner of everything from Hakkasan to the Buddha Bar — but at the time it was a startling novelty. David Tang, Shanghai Tang Founder, Dies Aged 63 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z But dilettante hiking is still hiking; dilettante yoga is still yoga; dilettante bicycling is still bicycling. The Apple Watch wants to alter your behavior — can it? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Often portrayed in films as elitist dilettantes, they typically come off second best compared with hard-charging military officers or focused intelligence agents. Perspective | Five myths about the Foreign Service 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Its touch guided interface is both intuitive and powerful, letting dilettantes recolor famous vignettes from iconic comics with uncanny semi-pro fidelity. The 25 Best Apps of the Year So Far 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z They make our most serious politicians even more remote and unreachable, opening the door wider for self-interested dilettantes.” The Daily 202: What Trump's giving to charity -- or lack thereof -- foreshadowed about his presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The hedge fund paints him as a dilettante who is more interested in being at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, or meeting with President Trump than in running a business. Shareholder Activism at Arconic Points to a New Wave 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The former, a dilettante Moroccan striker, spent three years at the club after joining in 2010. How Arsenal and Arsène Wenger Bought Into Analytics 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z To satisfy the of need white dilettantes and rednecks alike to feel "manly". Patriots (Ho-Hum) Win Again. Dion Lewis (Who?) Shows the Way. 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z She suggests “a more useful, educational approach than the overwhelming, all-inclusive ‘Everything’ that Bittman invites you to tackle” — be a dilettante if you like, but be a selective one, choosing a handful of things. Why you don’t need to know how to bake everything 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z “This was not someone who saw this as, Oh, I’ve been an entertainer, and now as a dilettante I’m going to run for office,” Ornstein said. Al Franken Faces Donald Trump and the Next Four Years 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Jarmusch often likes to describe himself as a “self-proclaimed dilettante,” someone who purposefully dabbles in many different pursuits. Adam Driver and writer-director Jim Jarmusch find the poetry of the everyday in 'Paterson' 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Q: She came from a privileged background, but she was no dilettante — she showed enormous talent and drive early on. There was a lot more to Beatrix Potter than Peter Rabbit, as Seattle author’s book shows 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z While viewers were meant to hate him as a dilettante, his monologues resonated years later. How to understand Cuba beyond Castro 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Auden had said earlier in the poem that soldiers fighting in the Spanish Civil War must engage in “necessary murder” and this proved he was a dilettante “warmonger”. World in crisis or back to normal soon? I think I know... | Nick Cohen 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z To Band, who had remained loyal to Bill Clinton when others abandoned him post-impeachment and who was instrumental in building the Clinton Foundation from scratch, Chelsea Clinton seemed like a dilettante. Chelsea Clinton’s frustrations and devotion shown in hacked emails 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z To Mr. Band, who had remained loyal to Mr. Clinton when others abandoned him post-impeachment, and who was instrumental in building the Clinton Foundation from scratch, Ms. Clinton seemed like a dilettante. Chelsea Clinton’s Frustrations and Devotion Shown in Hacked Emails 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z And now a political dilettante clown is, god help us, the Republican Party nominee. A Historically Sore Loser 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z A good substitute is a blessing, but only a dilettante thinks they've achieved understanding. Fortress of Tedium: What I Learned as a Substitute Teacher. 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z I would become an expert, demonstrate that I wasn’t just a dilettante. Truth, beauty and annihilation: my quest for chess mastery | Stephen Moss 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z All his life, once he locks in on things that interest him, he’s immersed in the deepest of dives, always emerging as something far closer to expert than dilettante. The Zen Of Zinger - Golf Digest 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z And as a dilettante who's shown remarkably little curiosity about the ways of governing, it's unlikely Trump would seek to improve once in office. The Only Thing About Trump That Matters 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Except that the founders created a government meant to be led by political dilettantes. The founders wanted politicians to be dilettantes like Mr. Trump 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z A group of greedy hustling opportunists and rich dilettantes. How ‘Empowerment’ Became Something for Women to Buy 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Seen by both sides as an interloper or a dilettante, he spent 20 years trying to bring together his academic scholarship and literary ambitions. Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen: 'My book has something to offend everyone' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z They selected so many sympathetic to Ted Cruz that Trump has declared the system in both states, and wherever else the diligent are defeating the dilettante, to be “rigged, disgusting, dirty.” The GOP needs new rules for picking its nominee 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z And constitutional values will be served if the vacancy is filled not by Garland but by someone chosen by President Trump, a stupendously uninformed dilettante who thinks judges “sign” what he refers to as “bills.” Do Republicans really think Donald Trump will make a good Supreme Court choice? 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z He seemed happy that the “diligent” are, here and there, beating the “dilettante.” The founders wanted politicians to be dilettantes like Mr. Trump 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z You can be earnest or flippant, plainspoken or baroque, blunt or coy, dilettante or geek. Critics in the Age of Opinion 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Otis was no sideline dilettante: he saw heavy action at Bull Run Ridge, Antietam, and other fields of battle. This is the battle that made Los Angeles — and a great newspaper war 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Obsessives and dilettantes, omnivores and geeks, highbrow and low, we are more likely to seek affirmation than challenge. Everybody’s a Critic. And That’s How It Should Be. 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z If much of the world sees Penn as a dilettante, it's clear that's not how Penn sees himself. With 'El Chapo' interview, Sean Penn continues his transformation into activist 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z If much of the world sees Penn as a dilettante, it's clear Penn doesn't see himself that way. For Sean Penn, El Chapo meeting is the latest turn in a complex career 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z "We are not writing as dilettantes or tourists. We live this life," the coaches wrote. Consideration of race in college admissions is again in line of fire at Supreme Court 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z I’m a dilettante of the highest order, always going on about how it will change the world when I’ve barely experienced it myself. Hurts so good: 12 hours with the new Samsung Gear VR 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z We are not writing as dilettantes or tourists. College basketball coaches jump in on affirmative action 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z He remains an eternal dilettante, always aspiring, never quite there. Before he self destructed: chronicling the fall of 50 Cent 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The other farmers nearby thought he was crazy, or worse — a dilettante with a fancy PhD whose talk of “agroecology” would soon crash into the realities of Cuban farming. An arugula-growing farmer feeds a culinary revolution in Cuba 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Bush now finds himself chasing The Donald, a billionaire political dilettante who at times seems to have more money than sense, but who is connecting with conservatives in ways Bush can only envy. Electile Dysfunction: GOP’s B-Team Grumbles About Debate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z "Everything done in a dilettante way is an absurdity." Greece's Tsipras, hounded by left, vows 'thus far and no further' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z He isn’t a dilettante – he is a film director. Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle: 9 hours of 'challenging' art on film 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z We Americans have a funny habit of rejecting reason, dismissing experts as elitists and dilettantes and ignoring inconvenient truths about our history and shared natural world. Editorials from around New England 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z For years, doing social science work with the aim of attracting media attention was regarded as the domain of dilettantes who did not aspire to careful research. Beyond Publish or Perish, Academic Papers Look to Make a Splash 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Al-Monitor: One must admit that the Americans conducted themselves in these negotiations like dilettantes. Former Israeli General Says Iran Deal Isn't a Bad Agreement 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Clinton was ridiculed as a dilettante and a carpetbagger, but she won over critics, even some Republicans, with a dogged commitment to local issues. The making of Hillary 5.0: Marketing wizards help reimagine Clinton brand 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z The fact of it is that I, dilettante flier, YouTube-educated naïf, am the face of the growing market in consumer drones. What Our Paranoia About Drones Says About Us 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z His critics, including the resurgent BJP under the leadership of Mr Modi, derided him as a dilettante, anarchist, and most tellingly, a bhagora, a Hindi word for one who ran away. Is Arvind Kejriwal set to regain Delhi? 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z And although Gazzola modestly describes himself as “a dilettante — I can help with lots of different things,” he also likes to think that his contributions made at least 15 seconds worth of difference. For math teacher, solving puzzles a perfect pursuit 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z She joked that she went back to school in part to avoid being labeled a "dilettante" by a mentor at the school as she contributed to its research center. Diana Rauner, Illinois' next first lady, to stay focused on early education Unlike so many dilettantes who have gone before her, she has a discerning eye for talent and the kind of material that studios are no longer bankrolling. ‘Foxcatcher’ movie review: Ensemble cast shines in mesmerizing true story When I was 13, I decided that I was done being a dilettante – I read my own pink, dog-eared Bible cover-to-cover instead of sticking to the sections suggested by children’s guides to the Gospels. Born again, again: how YA literature affirmed my faith and the Bible killed it 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps because of his injury problems, the impression was created that Lamela was somehow a dilettante, somebody not overly keen on training. Erik Lamela should not be written off on the basis of one poor season 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The book straddles the basic and the in-depth, and is useful and interesting for dilettantes and professionals alike. Cocktails 101: Drink up Jeffrey Morgenthaler's 'The Bar Book' 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z But more interesting are the amateurs and dilettantes. Historical selfies – Buzz Aldrin, Stanley Kubrick and the Russian princess 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z To trailblaze with groundbreaking impact–instead of using Daddy’s trust fund to play dilettante–don’t we all face tremendous adversity, no matter our starting point? In America We're Pro-Choice: We Largely Choose Our Ultimate Privilege 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Shriver disputed the notion that he was any less nose-to-the-grindstone or that he was a privileged dilettante banking on the Kennedy name. In Los Angeles County Race, a ’60s TV Star Battles a Kennedy 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z For many, Mr. Kejriwal’s decision to run from Varanasi reveals something of the dilettante and confirms accusations from political rivals that he is essentially a maverick. India Ink: How the Aam Aadmi Party Lost Its Way 2014-04-10T14:20:40Z It is less, she said, about being a residential dilettante than about savoring change. Serial Renters in New York City 2014-03-29T02:48:20Z Even those who sympathized with her views were often suspicious of her celebrity, regarding her as a dilettante. Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade 2014-03-05T10:00:02Z Those dilettantes thought to get such a prise almost for free, just talking to ukrainians about future prosperity leaving them alone with their problems. Ukraine and the EU: Politics of brutal pressure 2013-11-22T16:48:50Z It is similar to keyboards in that it combines the expertise of dilettante with the craftsmanship of an artiste. The Music Of A Hardware Startup 2013-10-14T23:27:00Z After all, despite his Bermuda and London jet-setting, Bloomberg hasn’t been a disengaged dilettante passively presiding over the Big Apple’s Dickensian cataclysm. Good riddance, plutocrats! Demolishing the 1 percent’s class war 2013-09-10T13:42:00Z Tesla almost collapsed in 2008 under the weight of delays and cost overruns, then struggled to raise a new round of venture capital while Musk was pilloried as a dilettante getting his comeuppance. Elon Musk, the 21st Century Industrialist 2012-09-13T20:37:58Z Mozah’s regal ability to change the life of her nation makes other elegant royals around the world seem like dilettantes by comparison. Qatar’s Succession Drama 2013-06-25T17:22:00Z These axes — these beautiful, curvaceous axes — aren’t much more than fancy toys for skinny urban dilettantes with nature fetishes. Critical Shopper: Best Made Store Opens in Manhattan 2013-06-10T20:31:13Z Segmenting Consumers And Raising Funds The dilettante and artiste are fundamentally different, however. The Music Of A Hardware Startup 2013-10-14T23:27:00Z Overall, the issue presents a scatter-brained, superficial view of innovation that you would expect from an amateur dilettante, not the world’s greatest magazine. The New Yorker's Epic Fail On Innovation 2013-05-19T20:39:04Z All of this goes on with the chortling approval of a dilettante London mayor, for whom City Hall is a mere public podium of convenience from which to pursue his private ambitions. Why its marathon shows London at its best 2013-04-19T09:05:00Z If you are too much of a dilettante, people will be confused about who you are and how to promote you. 6 Ways to Get Noticed 2013-03-08T14:30:00Z That is a truly astonishing fact, and it is one that would serve to condemn Abramovich as a destructive dilettante and a footballing ignoramus had his stewardship of the club not brought so much success. Swift execution is hallmark of Roman Abramovich's urge for fulfilment 2012-11-21T23:00:02Z Then a Montreal trainer whispered, “They’re drinking mineral water,” as if the Soviets were dilettantes. Essay: After Canada Stopped Laughing at Soviets, Hockey Summit Series Got Serious 2012-09-01T23:34:22Z A self-described dilettante, he says he is supported by "a loving wife" and some lucky real estate deals. City Room: Kevin Boyle and Rich Horan Roam N.Y.C. on an Endless Quest for Ideas 2012-08-31T14:48:18Z These sounds render words as distinct to the Iranian ear as "fish" and "dish", but they confound dilettante Americans who misplace them at their peril. An American's quest to learn Farsi 2012-08-20T00:45:30Z Downing Street is acutely sensitive to claims that Osborne is something of a dilettante chancellor – a lethal charge when David Cameron is fending off charges that he adopts a "chillaxing" approach to life and politics. Dual role or not, chancellor George Osborne is here to stay 2012-07-25T18:09:39Z Investing in tech companies is quite the fashion now for young entertainers, but Timberlake’s no mere digital dilettante. MySpace Gets A Makeover, With Help From Justin Timberlake 2012-07-20T12:38:49Z Online dilettantes dropped out fast, but 23,000 committed learners finished the course. How Would You Like A Graduate Degree For $100 2012-06-06T22:00:00Z He was but a dilettante in war as in the gentler arts, and his reasoning was not, on the face of it, very convincing. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Gaguine was in that particular state of excitement which, like a fit of madness, suddenly takes hold of the dilettanti, when they imagine that they have caught Nature in the act and can hold her. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z That dilettante soldier, young Conyers, has given me this character; but I 'd rather talk of you than myself. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z He is very pleasing, and the most dilettante of all the dilettanti I ever met. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Enthusiastic but timid dilettanti had lost their enthusiasm, and gave full scope to their fears. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z At Athens he must have been a dilettante, an idler, without political rights or duties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Frederick William loved poetry and poets in a feeble, dilettante sort of way. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I am prepared to have certain dilettanti sneer-ingly say, “This book is of no critical value.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z He is a dilettante on all points, and has a clever knack of criticizing others, but he produces nothing. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z These conditions produce what may be called the pianistic nouveau-riche or parvenu, who practises the vices of the dilettante without, however, the mitigating excuse of ignorance or a lack of training. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He was the profoundest philosopher of the three, and never, after his beginnings, exhibited a trace of the dilettante. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z They showed an intimate knowledge of the lives of the poor, especially of the criminal poor, not to be found in the amiable poems of Mr. W. W. Gibson and similar socialistic dilettantes. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z In the judgment of modern musicians and dilettanti, Clementi belongs to the old school; but I may here take the opportunity of recording Beethoven's opinion of him. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z We wished to sing the Psalms of Marcello, being Lent, and the best dilettanti consequently assembled. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z It is too favourite an opinion, both with dilettanti and artists, that the new style must invariably be the most beautiful; permitting fashion even to corrupt the arts. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z No dilettante movement this return to Roman Catholicism. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Mr. Spurgeon has an utter contempt for scientific charlatans and literary dilettanti, and all that class of men who have no higher business in life than to carp and criticise. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Modestly describing himself as a "dilettante architectural photographer", Moby repeatedly admits the pointlessness of his own project – far more than he needs to. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-02-10T17:34:47Z Mr. Benoliel was of his race; there was in his aspect a queer mixture of the financier and the dilettante, the shrewd business man and the sensuous apprecitator of art. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Thus Warrisden solved the problem of the dilettante curate and his devotion to his work, and his solution was correct. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Davide," wrote a French critic, M. Bertin, from Venice, in 1823, "excites among the dilettanti of this town an enthusiasm and delight which could scarcely be conceived without having been witnessed. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z For many reasons he is not the sort of man to invite much attention from journalistic, academic, and dilettante writers. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z But, dilettante as I am, in one way I have always appreciated you, and, lately, all other ways have become merged in that one. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z "And is it always the woman who must make the sacrifice?" she asked; and Mr. Benoliel lost in a moment all that second-hand aspect of the dilettante which habitually cloaked him. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z They forget that Pater, who was not a mad wag and not a dilettante, could sometimes see the gaiety of things and was willing to be inconclusive. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The difference between a fool and a mere dilettante in folly is this: that the latter knows his folly as he indulges it, whereas the former recognizes it, if ever, only too late. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z On the other hand, the gardener, a fighter in the struggle for food, finds the impartial views of the dilettante asking for “companionship with nature” quite unthinkable. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z You are true and sincere; I am a dilettante in everything. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The dilettante lives an easy, butterfly life, knowing nothing of the toil and labor with which the treasures of knowledge are dug out of the past, or wrung by patient research in the laboratories. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z He is turned into a restless, dilettante spectator, and arrives at a condition when even great wars and revolutions cannot affect him beyond the moment. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z But my impression is that its followers await the Second Coming of their Founder with the same dilettante interest with which the Jews anticipate the rebuilding of Jerusalem. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z He was a perfect example of the dilettante of the leisure class, with plenty of time and money to gratify any vagrant whim. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Joseph Clemens, the first of these, was himself a composer, after the usual fashion of royal dilettanti, no doubt, but a keen discerner of talent in others. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z My intention is not merely to please the amiable dilettante, though I hope to do that too. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The original note sang of action, need, and terror; the overtone lulls us into a soft dilettante sleep. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Its style was too novel, and its luscious harmonies did not altogether suit the palates of those dilettanti who still looked upon Rossini as the incarnation of music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Marta put an end to such dilettante labors by taking the pastry from his hand, for he was never done. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The dilettante spirit and amenities of mixed companies, destructive of "thoroughness," are greatly to blame for that decline of British commerce which has followed on the Feminist invasion of business-houses. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The very faults of the composition, which the dilettanti have picked out, were effective to men who had seen Paine on the march, and knew these things were written in sleepless intervals of unwearied labors. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z For until the end of the century the literature produced had a distinctly dilettante character. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z He just simply can't seem to get any further than the evolution of an elementary Dynamic Theory of History or a dilettante dabbling with a Law of Acceleration. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z On intimate terms with Muse, a good musician and an ardent dilettante, he pursued a plan of conduct in which he did not forget the possibility of eventual marriage. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z He was a highly educated dilettante, but had settled upon nothing permanently in life and did not consecrate all his spiritual powers to anything exclusively. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z To describe it as a race between the plodder and the dilettante is surely unkind. City Room: The Day: 2 Bland Candidates Vie in Special Election 2011-09-13T12:50:44Z He visited this country during the Exhibition of 1851, and was deeply gratified upon seeing so many high class instruments among the dilettanti here, and the taste and zest the English have in forming collections. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Culture is suspected by one of being dilettante, by another, of being selfish. Talks to Freshman Girls 2011-09-04T02:00:03.470Z "They say that the Poles and Russians understand and love music, that they are enthusiastic dilettanti." The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Gell was a thorough dilettante, fond of society and possessed of little real scholarship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z He is describing a picture sale attended by the dilettanti. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Think of that ye dilettanti who are so proud of your pictures and marbles! Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z The Chinese books preferred by these humanistic dilettanti were those pertaining to rhetoric and poetry. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Resign her—to that tippling dilettante, that flamboyant fop and fool who had drowned his success in a bottle? The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z This measly outburst must reveal to a person of any insight just one thing: the essential line of difference between the artist and the dilettante. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z In my own mind I instantly set him down as a dilettante Englishman of good birth and education. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z One book read is worth a hundred books peeped through; and of all the dilettantes, a literary dilettante is the most contemptible. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z As for the album itself, queens might have envied her such homage: and what would not a dilettante collector have given for such a possession! Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z He had a gift for private theatricals—he was in constant demand of the Amateur Dramatic Club—and had more than a dilettante appreciation of music and art. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z He brought a new pragmatism to the game, which highlighted the dilettante approach of his opponents. The 2,000th Test is a sell-out but format is at risk away from Lord's 2011-07-20T14:15:22Z Another curious fact concerning mezzotint engraving is that it has ever been the art of the dilettanti. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z All the composers whose works he conducts justly load him down with thanks and felicitations, and his talent and indefatigable power are acclaimed constantly by all the dilettanti of Monte Carlo. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z Now let us hear Horace Walpole, antiquarian, virtuoso, dilettante, filosofastro—but, in truth, no poet. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn, the junior Waugh twin's cavalier heir in the decade of remorseless Australian dominance, also fell victim to accusations of dilettante foibles, of not sufficiently valuing their wickets. VVS Laxman is the latest standard bearer for the Golden Age 2011-07-12T22:00:00Z A Christian dilettante; one who casts a shadow on tomorrow while waiting for the Greek Kalends. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z In Paris," says Mr Gutzkow, "the critics are often dilettanti, who seek by their pen to procure admission into the boudoirs of the pretty actresses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z No sooner does a dilettante introduce himself to notice, than numbers of them set themselves to learn playing on his instrument. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z It is a mistake of Tolstoy to regard them as the pastime of refined dilettantes. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z There will be enough dilettante assistants in every branch of the work. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z I ended by shrugging my shoulders and taking what I could out of the world in an amused, dilettante way. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z It is as a rule only the dilettante who is dainty about preserving his drawings. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z They were musical dilettanti, who commonly assembled at Serlo's once a week, and formed a little concert. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z M. de Freycinet, another civilian, served under Gambetta as a sort of Chief of the General Staff, and the energetic, but dilettante, commandership exercised by these gentlemen cost France very dear. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Lord Carlisle, with the easy assurance of a great nobleman whose position was secure, took over the government of Ireland in the spirit of the dilettante. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Whoever takes an interest in violin making will undoubtedly be pleased to hear more particulars in regard to dilettanti violin makers and their patrons. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z Mrs. Print's attitude towards this graceful dilettante was one of resentful suspicion—resentful because she did nothing: suspicious for the same reason! Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z No dilettante interest in strength or skill here; merely the bare bloodthirsty desire to see a fellow-animal fight and bleed. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z The talker is, almost of necessity, a dilettante, a man who delights in, but is not the slave of, his subject of the moment. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z Her Majesty, however, sent for that brilliant dilettante, Lord Rosebery, and Lord Spencer remained on at the Admiralty. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z There are some dilettanti violin makers in America who consider violin making their business, and there are others who do not make it their chief business. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z Mr. Lambert was somewhat of a dilettante, and his accurate taste had effected many improvements in the vicarage, as well as having largely aided in the work nearest his heart—the restoration of his church. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z It had ceased to be the spontaneous expression of a dominant ideal, and had degenerated into a pastime for dilettanti. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The existence of the dilettante is changeful and playful, resembling the bee-like, sweet-seeking pilgrimage of the critic, but quite distinct from it. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z His appointment to the viceroyalty in 1745 was in the nature of a gift from the Government to the most dangerous dilettante of the day. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z There are, however, dilettanti violin makers whose self-conceit and boldness is simply astonishing. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z But we have no such talents, you and I; we are just the ordinary gentlemen of leisure,—dilettanti. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z Mrs. Humphrey was seldom seen, being in poor health almost constantly, but their only daughter, Jennie, was one of the foremost of the fashionable of the dilettanti of the city. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z For all the idler and the dilettante that he is, no man ever more conscientiously attended to business than Cramis. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z There was nothing about Fritz of the amusing awkwardness of aristocratic fathers, who now and then in an amiable dilettante fashion interest themselves in the care of their offspring. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z As most of their patrons have no knowledge of the matter, such a dilettante appears to them as an extraordinary genius. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z Not one of the rank and file—rather a dilettante, but still a hard worker. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Farming is usually a very costly taste for dilettanti. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z In the later years of his life Franklin gave no little attention to fine printing, though as a dilettante rather than as a commercial printer. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z The world of spirits is a favourite topic with your aristocratic dilettanti, and every Austrian family qui se respecte has its spectre. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Many dilettanti are presumptuous enough to believe themselves further advanced in theoretical knowledge concerning tone than the most experienced violin maker of the present day. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z No one took him in earnest; even when he made the most incendiary speeches, they were regarded as but the amusing babble of a political dilettante. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Every dilettante scribbler for the magazines who sketches his rambles in Spain or Switzerland, grows jocose over some eccentricity or absurdity of his countrymen. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z He does all that sort of dilettante business,—paints, and reads tremendously about things dead and gone, that can't possibly advantage anybody. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z There was nothing of the uncouth sight-seer about him, still less of the fulsome dilettante. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The spirit of dilettante adventure which pervades the mediaeval romances gives them a tone entirely different from that of the epics. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Yet, in some ways, he was a corrective to the self-complacency of his generation, a vast dilettante, lover of “Gothic,” of curios and antiques, of costly printing, of old illuminations and stained glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z To her he was an eccentric, and a dilettante in crime—a seeker after the lower strata of humanity, but nothing more. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z TFA is just a résumé booster for Ivy League dilettantes who want to become bankers or lawyers. Teach For America: 5 Myths that Persist 20 Years On 2011-02-10T08:15:00Z “He is a political dilettante who is excessively pro-Iran,” he complained. As ElBaradei Rises, U.S. Works to Size Him Up 2011-02-01T02:53:21Z I found Gagin in that peculiar mood of artistic enthusiasm which catches dilettanti by surprise whenever they imagine themselves about to take nature by storm, as they express it. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Every dilettante in the neighbourhood desired to boast of the instruction of so great and celebrated a man. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z Losing his place in Martin Johnson's affections exacerbated an onset of depression that began, he says, five years ago, long before he was typecast as a dilettante who had been consumed prematurely by fame. Michel Platini's talk of cultural change may give sports the summertime blues 2011-01-22T22:00:01Z Dwight Wade, love and awful fear raging in his heart, was in no mood to play dilettante with the supernatural, nor to relish jokes. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z I am but a dilettante, and have never given lessons in music. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z The G. G. A. calls him a dilettante. Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery 2011-01-14T03:00:49.540Z Frederick regarded him, at the same time, as a millionaire, as a dilettante, and as a man of action. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z A great man might have said it, or a dilettante. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z I had been highly successful as an amateur, and, as it was not necessary that I earn my own living, the stage appeared to their insapient minds an interesting playground for a dilettante daughter.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Amorists, you know, dilettantes, non-eligibles—the bane of all good chaperones. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z That annoying interest from outside the birding community did not yield a crowd of dilettantes, but four hardy souls paying $5 each for the privilege of freezing their tail feathers off. City Critic: New Yorkers in Feathers, Counted in the Cold 2011-01-02T00:26:47Z The dilettante sort of way in which things go on there is very inferior indeed to the way the German students study. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z For five minutes before your arrival I gave away to a connoisseur, a dilettante, a lover of the beautiful, Sir Godfrey Kneller's picture of my famous grandfather. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z I should like to ask your wife whether she is pursuing her work in earnest or whether like so many lady dilettantes she is only amusing herself.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z But for a mayor who sometimes gets accused of being a dilettante with ambitions beyond Newark, he deserves credit for doing the dirty work that many politicians avoid. New Jersey Mayor Uses Twitter Power in Blizzard Cleanup 2010-12-29T08:40:00Z The Whigs were "the grand dilettanti" or "lukewarm, withered mongrels." A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z A fanatic, a poet, a doctrinaire, a dilettante—any one who has a fixed aim and clear passions—will not relish English liberty. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Liverpool followers make their counterparts in Boston seem like dilettantes, and Fenway sound like Wimbledon. Red Sox Owners Go to Bat for Liverpool Soccer 2010-11-28T05:00:00Z He treated the grumbling over his alleged special treatment by Faldo as a provocation and took his chance to shed the tag of a dilettante. Colin Montgomerie and Ian Poulter smooth differences for the Ryder Cup 2010-09-28T20:35:00Z You can’t just have the third generation sitting around, ballet dancing, playing pianos and talking dilettante talk.” Does the Appleseed Project Teach Marksmanship or Something More? 2010-07-29T22:08:00Z Or think that creating a generation of dilettantes is a good thing.” What an Estate Looks Like to the Taxman 2010-06-12T18:45:00Z If this was a match for the connoisseur rather than the dilettante, there was a real beauty in each of Milito's strikes. The new Diego ? how Milito won the Champions League 2010-05-23T08:00:00Z Who would think of looking for the dilettante fugitive among these sordid surroundings? The Princess Galva A Romance The dilettante artist on the throne in the first century had many a successor in the literary arts among the grand seigneurs of the fifth. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Artists and amateurs and dilettante visitors have gladly spent time in studying and admiring its artistic treasures at nearly all times, but more especially in recent years. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It is among the possibilities that you, a dilettante, a dabbler, may solve the secret of all the ages past and to come. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 She had played tennis in a dilettante fashion before, just to amuse herself; now, in a spirit of opposition, she began to train. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life But, at the worst, he can only be looked on as a light-hearted dilettante, whose greatest misfortune is the curse of wealth. The Gay Adventure A Romance The princes of the seventeenth century at least show the intense interest of dilettanti. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The only note missing was the necessity for hard application, which might have made him the master where he was satisfied to be the dilettante. The Key to Yesterday There, with all its eccentricities and absurdities, effort dwelt side by side with dilettante anarchy, and strugglers with definite goals brushed shoulders with the "brittle intellectuals that crack beneath a strain." The Tempering Why is it then that the dilettanti attain their end so much more quickly than the true artists? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Confidences had been exchanged: Tony had repeated to the envious churchwarden some of the tamer episodes of his dilettante existence; Robert had tried to cap them with his burglars and Alicia. The Gay Adventure A Romance These impetuous essays, written sometimes in a very dilettante style, he composed and printed himself in his leisure hours and distributed gratuitously among the working population, over which by degrees he obtained great influence. The Children of the World One of the best characters in the story is the dilettante Raísky, the type of the man who has an artistic nature but no energy. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 In abstract thought he was a mere dilettante, and his strength 192 lay in the vigour and sincerity of his statements rather than in cogency of reasoning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" In ordinary life the artist is distinguished from the dilettante only by the fact that the former follows the thing as a calling, and the latter only for his own amusement. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. But—for the first time—the idea of duty to be done found its way into these hearts, the beauty of self-sacrifice subdued these dilettanti. Underground Man The same judgment which had chosen the books had selected bronzes and porcelain, tiles and tapestries, and the tasteful arrangement of the art objects at once bespoke the dilettante. With Edge Tools Molyneaux followed him with a conventional glance of sympathy; then his eyes turned again to the pictures with the gratified glance of a dilettante. The Gambler A Novel Faber, I knew, was a young art collector, very wealthy and something more than a mere dilettante. The Social Gangster I will work from morning till night with a true malicious pleasure, grinding and fretting till the dilettante skin is rubbed off and something better appears below it. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Below the too-thin crust of a dilettante's culture lies always that hungry morass. The Book of Susan A Novel There are many ways of seeing landscape quite as good; and none more vivid, in spite of canting dilettantes, than from a railway train. The Vagabond in Literature As long as a dilettante is young, the grace which is inseparable from the vigor and elasticity of youth, lend him what is called an interesting air. On the Heights A Novel At least, in spite of his society leanings, Franconi was no mere dilettante inventor. The Social Gangster These youthful dilettanti having performed their concert, it is usual with those for whom they have sung to distribute among them cakes fried in nut-oil, and some balls of butter. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 And where, meanwhile, was one Ambrose Hunt, sometime dilettante at large? The Book of Susan A Novel We must repudiate "our idealistic past," cease to be a dilettante in international relationships, take our share of the burden and get our share of the profits in the scrimmage which we call nationalistic imperialism. American World Policies She would soon have been undeceived, for this prince is only a selfish voluptuary, one who steals sweets in love and in life; in a word, a dilettante. On the Heights A Novel He flicked cupboards with a duster in a dilettante way from time to time but further than that he never went. Years of Plenty I'm twenty-four and I shall come into a certain amount of money, and my people live in a large house in Surrey and oh, I—well—I'm a dilettante. Carnival They thought me a rich dilettante at that time I fancy. Confessions of an Opera Singer But perhaps it was somewhat early to start a concert, and the dilettanti, awakened inopportunely, would not, perhaps, pay him in current coin of the realm. Round the World in Eighty Days My evil spirit is constantly shouting the word 'dilettante' in my ear. On the Heights A Novel Knightly orders continued to be founded, but they were the amusements of dilettanti in honor and ancient custom. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The “ventre” of Dr. Schaeffle has for long years cut a fine enough figure in the world to the great advantage of the dilettanti in socialism and to the delight of the politicians. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History He leaves all that to the dilettanti, and addresses in a simple business-like style men who are not less serious and earnest than himself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 A poetic life was not the life of a dilettante. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Indeed a king should understand all things, but be a dilettante in none. On the Heights A Novel "I'm a dilettante," Alaric would tell himself often, gazing in the mirror, "a bored dilettante at the age of twenty-one." Voyage To Eternity The very circle of artists and dilettanti in which he moved, continually told him that the historical painter alone stood on the highest point, and that all the rest were but subordinate. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors A sober contemplator must ask himself: What is it to lead to if well-meaning, short-sighted dilettantes can force legislation on questions which demand the most serious expert study? McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 He could hardly have made a living by literature, in which though an eager worker he was a thorough dilettante. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) In a dilettante sort of way this Board was also a sanitary body. The Annals of Willenhall I really believe that even if I had been a true artist instead of a wretched dilettante, I should never have been able to conjure forth their secrets. Eyes Like the Sea All these things were very cleverly done by his practised hand; but he plainly felt that the praise of the artists and dilettanti should only solace him, and encourage him to further efforts. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors But the Colonel was not that sort of adventurous dilettante. The Return of the Prodigal Something of a dilettante in real life, he became in his writing a man with an absorbing mission. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 I am somewhat of a dilettante in this line, and as I had leisure, I accompanied my friend to the Lower Danube. Timar's Two Worlds There was nobody but the dilettanti left, and they gazed about them with disconsolate looks, whilst the receiver of excise duties exclaimed, with a tragic air, 'O heaven! how mortified I feel!' Weird Tales. Vol. I There, you always found artists, poets, travelers, critics, dilettanti, and connoisseurs, of all nations and creeds. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 For the rest, in practice I am an idler, a dilettante, and a good deal else that is pleasant and utterly useless. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror In this, as in everything else, it is minute knowledge and long-continued loving industry that make the true dilettante. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers It was an epoch in which the layman and the dilettante prevailed. The History of Freedom After that for the balance of the day Mr. Woodchuck was a dilettante, sitting at his door in the sun and dreaming dreams of artistic elegance in horticulture. Old Plymouth Trails That was where the intellectual dilettanti came in. Pot-Boilers William II. has bewildered the world as a versatile and omniscient dilettante, war-lord and peacemaker, Mohammedan and Christian—always a comedian, yet always in earnest. German Problems and Personalities So Berkeley has turned out a dilettante instead of an African explorer. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 In that assembly a man who plunges half-lire pieces on every spin of the ball is a man who means business; and the dilettanti soon let me press through to a stool at the table. The Recipe for Diamonds In that one small observation lies, for the connoisseur, the whole deep distinction between the true artist and the dilettante. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature He was a workman, not a dilettante of letters. Ivory Apes and Peacocks And the bridge is a piece of public property; anonymously famous; beaming on the incurious 229 dilettante from the walls of a hundred exhibitions. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Carthew, the idler, the spendthrift, the drifting dilettante, was soon remarked, praised, and advanced. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) We artists despise no one more thoroughly than the dilettante, the red-blooded man, who thinks he can be an artist occasionally and on the side. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Black Strand had left the hands of the dilettante school and was in the grip of those vigorous moulding forces that are shaping our civilization to-day. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman And remark, I do not set up to be a professional bard; these are the outpourings of a dilettante.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) There were one or two great rooms, a multitude of family portraits, and landscapes, marbles and coins brought from Italy by a traveled and dilettante ancestor. Memoirs of Life and Literature It was quite impossible to fool my dilettante cat on that note. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 His father had made an idler and dilettante of him. The Story of a New York House Such exquisite gentleness in peril and in slaying could be no other than the devil’s own, and in the most devilishly artistic mood of that suave dilettante. The Missourian There spoke the whole selfishness of the philosopher, the dilettante in morals! Berenice To the accomplishments of an equestrian he added those of a dilettante. Memoirs of Life and Literature Telegraph Hill and Rincon Hill, these are the two dozing quarters that I recommend to the city dilettante. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) In fact, Mr. Lawrence had dropped into that dilettante state into which extreme cultivation, without genius or ambition, is apt to drift its possessor. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart She craved an ecstasy of peril or of terror, not as the former dilettante of emotions, but as the lotus eater who exacts forgetfulness. The Missourian “He is a recluse, a dilettante, and a very brilliant man of letters.” Berenice He led the life of a dilettante, and died unmarried at the age of fifty. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) It is in the slums and suburbs that the city dilettante finds his game. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Nothing is more noticeable among the French than their superior intelligence in dietary matters; every one seems naturally a judge, a dilettante. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 A dilettante such as Jacqueline, �sthetic and delicately sensitive, was naturally a lover of the beautiful in her search after emotions. The Missourian We met upon the street; Quick passion sprung into the eye of each; No dilettante heat! Nirvana Days He was too feminine to appreciate the grandeur of that large womanly nature, too much of a dilettante to realize the masculine force of that strong and ardent mind. A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies Come, view the haunts of dilettante Taste, The coteries of Culture! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 And it is equally foreign to the lips of the dilettante lover. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex The Earl was a man of accomplished tastes; he had travelled, adopted dilettante habits, and expended more money in the decoration of his mansion and demesne than his fortune could well bear. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Artists, dilettanti noblemen, epicures, and persons who would have accompanied Orpheus in all his explorations for the music he could give them. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals She had deserted a young genius for a fashionable dilettante. Melomaniacs If he is an astronomer, 76 he will look through the same telescope as the curious visitor or dilettante, but he will see much more clearly. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook Evening approaches, and with it come crowds of Cuban dilettanti and others who have been invited. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba The Liberal papers said that the emptiness of Ulster’s opposition to Home Rule might be gauged by the fact that it had welcomed the support of a dilettante lordling. The Red Hand of Ulster One hears with surprise of these skulls “going the rounds” of houses, and being made the objects of dilettante curiosity. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges A hard-hearted Naturalist, who goes so deep into Nature as to be far from the vital core even as the dilettante, might not have any sympathy to throw away on such occasions. The Book of Khalid The next night there was an entertainment—half concert, half theatricals, wholly dilettante—at the Malkasten, the Artists’ Club. The First Violin A Novel He became indeed aware that other people, to whom the value of his work was not apparent, were apt to regard the jealous arrangement of his hours as the mere whim of a self-absorbed dilettante. Beside Still Waters The gayest shakes were languishing and measured, that they might not shock the ears of the dilettanti. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The star-gazing, moreover, was no dilettante work; it was based on a serious system—a well thought out plan of observation. Pioneers of Science In this and other ways his pursuits gradually became so varied that in time he might have been safely classed among the dilettanti. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century It is only the dilettante who have visited Paris who profess to hold it in contempt. The Land of Thor Hugh was quite aware that his literary position was of a dilettante kind, and that he had done nothing to justify the hope that success in literature was within his reach. Beside Still Waters The allegro appassionato of the inter-act is played as usual, with a majestic deliberation which would have made Meyerbeer frantic, and all the majesty of which was appreciated by the Quiquendonian dilettanti. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories He was quite frankly a collector, a connoisseur, a dilettante in a hundred different directions, and he had had leisure all his life to develop and perfect his affectations. The Beloved Woman The culture of the place was, no doubt, self-contained; it did not aim at enriching the outer world, which it despised; its literary productions were imitative, the work of dilettanti and decadents. The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. European Liberals in general, and even our liberal dilettanti, often mix up the final results of socialism with those of Christianity. The Brothers Karamazov Hugh had hardly mentioned it to his father beforehand, but he had dedicated the book to him, though he imagined that his father must consider poetry a dilettante kind of occupation. Beside Still Waters In the large waists and strong arms of the girls under his training, some dilettante gentleman may mourn a loss of feminine delicacy. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Very frequently parents are themselves to blame for the slender dilettante style of playing which their well-instructed children present. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression This has led to a more pronounced line of demarkation between the dilettante and the intelligent worker of appreciation, with the balance of influence inclining strongly to the latter. Pictorial Photography in America 1920 But it's not only Liberals and dilettanti who mix up socialism and Christianity, but, in many cases, it appears, the police—the foreign police, of course—do the same. The Brothers Karamazov Its errors were mercilessly criticised, and it was proclaimed to be the work of a sickly, sentimental dilettante. Beside Still Waters Sir Allan Beaumerville, Bart., dilettante physician and man of fashion, was, on the whole, one of the most popular men in London society. The New Tenant I suppose that all American teachers hear the same complaint that is heard by all European teachers when any attempt is made to insist upon thorough practice and adequate study from the dilettante. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression But the contact with realities into which her dilettante little war activities brought her was too slight to make the deep impression. The Rough Road He was himself a dilettante; and it was his ambition to pose as the most cultured and brilliant of the great cardinals of his day. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) History depicts this Tadahira as an effeminate dilettante, one of whose foibles was to have a cuckoo painted on his fan and to imitate the cry of the bird whenever he opened it. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Literary dilettanti envied him the refrains of his ballades. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work Then Léon playing the dilettante, began to talk music. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life After half-past seven, however, he buttoned on a low, turned-down collar with its concomitant broad Windsor tie, and therewith he assumed his real character—that of a dilettante. Elkan Lubliner, American "He is almost a dilettante," it was said of a student, "he reads Dante and Shakespeare"! Appearances Being Notes of Travel But it shows abundant evidence of the elaborate care bestowed upon it by generation after generation of Japanese dilettanti. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era He knew that the kings were dilettanti, that the theory of the aristocracies was liberal. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work We see that Challis, with all his apparent devotion to science, was never more than a dilettante. The Wonder "And a good ear for music," Milton added as Kammerman shook the blushing dilettante by the hand. Elkan Lubliner, American Raphael, under the patronage of wealthy dilettanti and in the service of a worldly and splendor-loving Church, delighted in his knowledge and his skill; he worshiped art, and his end was beauty. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life There was always to be found some wise and classic-minded cardinal to whom one could appeal, some dilettante Maecenas to whom one might dedicate one's work. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations “Pray, Mr. Opie, may I ask what you mix your colors with?” said a brisk dilettante student to the great painter. Spare Hours Artist and dilettante, famous for his "Portrait of Isabella Angelica," "Spanish Peaks," and "Half-Caste Child with Orange." Terribly Intimate Portraits But the whole bearing of the man had little trace in it of the dilettante academician whom we all remembered. The Crack of Doom A man respects the judgment of a specialist on any given subject, and he is rather intolerant of the snap judgments of the dabbler or the dilettante. Penguin Persons & Peppermints You can scarcely call a man who does so much a dilettante. The Merry-Go-Round They are not theological dilettanti, but earnest thinkers. Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 “I’ve been dilettante all my life,” was one of his confessions. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range But at lowest, O dilettante friend, let us know always that it was a world, and not a void infinite of gray haze with fantasms swimming in it. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. The magnificence of every great man, whether pope, king or dilettante, was ill-expressed before his fellows if he were not constantly surrounded by the storied cloths that were the indispensable accessories of wealth and glory. The Tapestry Book Naturally his brothers could only see that he was an amiable, idle young fellow, who had drifted into a dilettante attitude toward life, and showed little promise of usefulness. Washington Irving |
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