She also once likened her work to a butterfly collection.

Well built with long fair hair, she had once likened him to a Greek god.

He once likened installing exhibitions to conducting a symphony orchestra.

He once likened the visit to walking into the tomb of Tutankhamen and seeing the treasures there.

Arbus also once likened her work to a butterfly collection, perhaps a better metaphor than family albums.

Mr. Davis once likened it to the closing of a coffin lid.

He once likened his No. 3 status to being "a noodle shop that stands between two high-rise buildings."

Mr. Thompson once likened his mini-reviews to writing on the head of a pin.

The sixth of seven children, she developed survival skills growing up in a Detroit neighborhood that she once likened to a war zone.

Mr. Barthelme once likened his style to that of collage.