Sentence examples for famous beings from inspiring English sources

When we see our favorite artists--idealized, famous beings that are bigger in our heads than mere mortal peers--do we lose something precious about their work?

She was best described by Albert Einstein, who stated that "Marie Curie is of all famous beings, the one whom fame has not corrupted" [ 1].

Several fine portraits of Agrippina have been preserved, the most famous being in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.

Another ancient Italian amaro, it is flavored by a baker's dozen of secret ingredients, the most famous being artichoke.

This is the famous "being present", the state to which all artists aspire, that most elusive cat.

Disgruntled samurai participated in several rebellions against the government, the most famous being led by the former restoration hero Saigō Takamori of Satsuma.

There is no shortage of exceedingly literate and eloquent letters composed by artists, the most famous being van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo.

Many other myths surround the Comedy Store, perhaps the most famous being that everyone used to piss in the sink because the toilets were too far away.

He demonstrated that there are games (the most famous being known in the trade as "prisoner's dilemma") where the players can arrive at a situation now known as a Nash equilibrium.

The service had a number of successful stories and exclusive reports, one of the most famous being Richard Hall's coverage of the end of the Nigerian-Biafran War in January 1970.

In the past decade or two, though, the design of concert halls and opera houses has entered a high creative phase, with more than a few masterpieces resulting, the most famous being Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles.