Adam Gopnik

There are as many attitudes to cooking as there are people cooking, of course, but I do think that cooking guys tend - I am a guilty party here - to take, or get, undue credit for domestic virtue, when in truth cooking is the most painless and, in its ways, ostentatious of the domestic chores.

American Writer

Roger Deakins

There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot. Or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or that spectacular shot, a big crane move, or something.

English Director

Rick Perlstein

For conservative leaders, making candidates pay them court, publicly and ostentatiously, is a colossal source of their symbolic power before their followers. It's kabuki theater, mostly.

American Historian

Neill Blomkamp

A lot of parts of L.A. are interchangeable with suburbs in Joburg. Very big, ostentatious houses with palm trees and lawns. Lawns are very important. Never underestimate lawns.

South African Director

Imelda Marcos

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.

Celebrity

Rei Kawakubo

I built my work from within instead of satisfying a demand for sexualised and ostentatious clothing.

Japanese Designer

Masaba Gupta

Once upon a time, fashion was complex, and ostentatious was considered better.

Indian Designer

Albert Einstein

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

German Physicist

Tite

I can't show false humility, nor be overly proud and ostentatious.

Brazilian Coach

George S. Patton

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

American General

Using 'ostentatious' often implies disapproval, suggesting unnecessary excess.

Social Implications

Describes things that visually stand out, often with negative undertones of being too much.

Visual Impact

Frequently used to describe displays of wealth, suggesting superficiality or vulgarity.

Wealth Association

Implies that the person is being showy on purpose, possibly to flaunt status.

Assumed Intention

The term can suggest a desire to compare favorably against others.

Comparison Driven

It can be used for actions, not just appearances, that seek to attract attention.

Behavior Highlight

 from utilitarian rafts to the Doge's own ostentatious gilded barge. Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city.

Corruption, wealth and...

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 everything about these ostentatious birds has been fashioned by countless generations of difficult to please hens

Ostentatious