| If there is evidence of frailty, it is in the provisional derivativeness by which young artists latch on to evolving ideas of the day. |
| The show, for logistical reasons, hasn't any of the vast historical canvases he painted but those, one fears, only reinforce his essential derivativeness on a more grandiose scale. |
| The derivativeness is still evident, but a deeper problem is the sense of young dancers playing dress-up in someone else's affectations. |
| In the new worldwide salon, derivativeness is a virtue, indicating fealty to approved conventions. |
| But where James saw homage others saw derivativeness. |
| Some critics read her free embrace of derivativeness as evidence that she is a slave to market forces and a popular taste she did not create. |
