The central problem is a disconnection between didactic ideology, on the one hand, and a more imaginative and irreverent spirit on the other.

Or could they also reflect a healthy imaginative spirit?

And count Tina Landau among those artists for whom challenges to the imaginative spirit are what give life meaning.

The quiet, persistent and imaginative spirit behind the collection has been that of Mr. Rockefeller, who at the outset was vice chairman and president of the Chase Bank.

A man previously notable for his cool control and imaginative spirit seemed suddenly to be trying too hard.

The 'right-brainers' are free spirits, imaginative and creative.

She still has not lost her imaginative spirit.

The kitchen needs to live up to it with the imaginative spirit that powered the menu in years past.

Some critics dismissed his art as stale and folksy but most praised him as an imaginative and generous spirit.

Lehmann's interest in the neo-romantic painters rested on his belief that their lyrical and imaginative spirit counteracted the materialism and pseudo-sciences of the day.