The phrase "a taste for provocation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who enjoys provoking reactions or challenging norms, often in a creative or artistic context.
Example: "The artist's work reflects a taste for provocation, pushing boundaries and sparking debate among viewers."
Alternatives: "an inclination for provocation" or "a penchant for provocation."
In the same period, he acquired a taste for provocation.
By this time, Mr. Teufel had rejected radical politics, although he retained a taste for provocation.
Takashi Miike is not to be confused with director, actor and cult heavy Takeshi Kitano, although they share a taste for provocation.
Morrell analyses Benedictus – "a merry sort of cove, with a taste for provocation" – and details the bidding war between Jonathan Cape and Bloomsbury.
(Chinen) ERIK DEUTSCH BAND (Thursday) Erik Deutsch, a pianist with a taste for tuneful provocation, has a recent album, "Fingerprint" (Sterling Circle), centered on his chamberlike compositions.
Collectively they form a varied and surprising bunch with a taste for playful-but-serious provocation: the spirit of Danny Boyle passes through, one is tempted to say.
More than a decade later, Viselman hasn't lost his taste for provocation, referring to his Oogieloves movie as "a 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' for a family audience".
Shortly after the pair appeared together in a long-forgotten film called Montmartre-sur-Seine, Piaf fell for Norbert Glanzberg, a Jewish pianist, and someone who appealed to her taste for provocation.
Aside from her taste for provocation, especially in the way she dressed [these being her punk years], she wasn't a bad pupil.
France24 television said the 300-page book risked "inflaming passions"."We all know the writer's taste for provocation and soundbite declarations," it said.
Through a series of acquisitions Mr. Messier turned Vivendi into one of the world's biggest media companies and his taste for provocation, brash moves and big ideas made him the toast of Europe and one of the media industry's most intriguing figures.
