Sentence examples for art of amusing from inspiring English sources

Dr Braun has only thoughts to contribute, neutral thoughts at the beginning of the story, agonised ones at its ending, neither set particularly digestible ('... every civilised man today cultivated an unhealthy self-detachment. Had learned from art the art of amusing self-observation and objectivity. Which, since there had to be something amusing to watch, required art in one's conduct...'.).

François-Marie Arouet, 18th century French author and iconoclast, better known as Voltaire, quipped that, "The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease".

They interview patients who are Doubters and Minimalists, who may agree with Voltaire's view that "the art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease".

An exhibit featuring the art of Sandy Skoglund was equally amusing.

Otherwise, what often remains is only the lesser art of melodrama, whether cloying or amusing — except in those rare, astonishing occasions when the explosion of actual emotion surprises everyone in the room, performers included.

LONDON -- The ever-thinning stream of art supplies has amusing consequences.

During her 40 years of acting, in plays by Neil Simon, Jules Feiffer, Elaine May, Wendy Wasserstein and others, Ms. Lavin has polished the art of making the most dire circumstances seem amusing -- desperate but amusing.

The program costs about $90 and is designed to help users create clip art by letting them modify three-dimensional models in a variety of amusing ways.

Our great modern exponent of the art, here found amusing himself at the expense of the ageing novelist's Journals 1982-1986 and perfectly reproducing his somewhat glacial tone ("I received a telephone call from a Professor Wildenstein at Princeton University. He wanted to give me a large amount of money. This is the sort of thing Americans do very well").

Indeed, the art of recycling objects fell somewhere between the amusing and the stylish, with tin cans being turned into lamps, and newspapers being recycled into stationery that has the look of handcrafted paper.

Which is kind of amusing.