Virtuosity
noun
Great skill or ability in a particular field.
He plays the violin with such virtuosity that he always leaves the audience in awe.
Often appears as...
- display virtuosity
- virtuosity in performance
noun
Great skill or ability in a particular field.
He plays the violin with such virtuosity that he always leaves the audience in awe.
Often appears as...
- display virtuosity
- virtuosity in performance
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Virtuosity suggests a high level of skill that is admired and positive, reflecting exceptional achievement.
Her pianistic virtuosity earned her a standing ovation.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Innate Talent
Virtuosity implies skills developed through practice and hard work, not just natural talent.
After years of practice, his virtuosity on the guitar was undeniable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Average
The word 'virtuosity' is used when someone's skills go far beyond what is typical or expected.
The chef's virtuosity was apparent in every dish she created.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Virtuosity suggests a high level of skill that is admired and positive, reflecting exceptional achievement.
Her pianistic virtuosity earned her a standing ovation.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Innate Talent
Virtuosity implies skills developed through practice and hard work, not just natural talent.
After years of practice, his virtuosity on the guitar was undeniable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Average
The word 'virtuosity' is used when someone's skills go far beyond what is typical or expected.
The chef's virtuosity was apparent in every dish she created.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Virtuosity suggests a high level of skill that is admired and positive, reflecting exceptional achievement.
Her pianistic virtuosity earned her a standing ovation.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Innate Talent
Virtuosity implies skills developed through practice and hard work, not just natural talent.
After years of practice, his virtuosity on the guitar was undeniable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Average
The word 'virtuosity' is used when someone's skills go far beyond what is typical or expected.
The chef's virtuosity was apparent in every dish she created.
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Liz Diller: Architecture...
And this proposal was a reaction to the over-saturation of emergent technologies in recent national and world expositions, which feeds, or has been feeding, our insatiable appetite for visual stimulation with an ever greater digital virtuosity.
Video examples
Liz Diller: Architecture...
And this proposal was a reaction to the over-saturation of emergent technologies in recent national and world expositions, which feeds, or has been feeding, our insatiable appetite for visual stimulation with an ever greater digital virtuosity.
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Quote examples
Ted Naifeh
American Writer
Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.
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Ken Burns
American Director
I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there's a certain musical virtuosity involved in it.
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Pierre Boulez
French Composer
I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he's a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine.
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The Edge
Welsh Musician
Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.
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Oneohtrix Point Never
American Musician
I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and poetry, a sort of athleticism, of controlling your voice.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.
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Richard MacDonald
American Sculptor
My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.
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Rita Dove
American Poet
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
American Director
There are very few things of virtuosity or genius that you can actually witness.
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Daniel Hope
British Musician
You never find virtuosity for its own sake.
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Ted Naifeh
American Writer
Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.
Quote examples
Ken Burns
American Director
I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there's a certain musical virtuosity involved in it.
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Pierre Boulez
French Composer
I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he's a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine.
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The Edge
Welsh Musician
Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.
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Oneohtrix Point Never
American Musician
I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and poetry, a sort of athleticism, of controlling your voice.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.
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Richard MacDonald
American Sculptor
My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.
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Rita Dove
American Poet
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
American Director
There are very few things of virtuosity or genius that you can actually witness.
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Daniel Hope
British Musician
You never find virtuosity for its own sake.
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