Mr. Thomas is one of those originals who defy category or comparison.
There he created an enormous body of ornate, densely patterned drawings whose incantatory power, formal scope and cultural richness defy category.
Epic in scale, too, are the novels of Paul McAuley, who has built a reputation as a purveyor of off-kilter metafictions that defy category.
Befitting a musician whose songs defy category, the event brought nine singers -- some from opera, others from Broadway -- to the stage to perform more than two dozen numbers.
Nobody can miss what's moving about the Ailey vision of defying categories, eluding definitions.
But the same words could easily apply to Nat Hentoff, who — "Thank goodness," he said — has defied categories since he began putting pen to paper more than six decades ago.
For me, the best music is that which defies categories and boundaries, music which doesn't sit well with playlists and fiscal forecasts.
Freely crossing the boundaries among classical, jazz, rock, world and experimental music, the six-member amplified ensemble from New York defies categories, plays music from uncharted territories, and has shattered the definition of what concert music is today.
iheartfalafel.com Pretty much defying categories, this ultra-cute trailer's owner, Jessie, says the style of cooking is "completely our own", mixing it up with a dizzying range of eclectic components: kaffir lime leaves in coconut milk to rosemary beets and beer-braised ribs.
