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“I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow.”

People Want Wish Sadness Figures Serious Sorrow Drawing Landscape Melancholy Sentimental

Book:Van Gogh's

Source: Van Gogh's

“Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart”

Men Heart Understanding Animal Grief Sadness Serious Habit Reflection Misery Grieving

Book:John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826

Source: John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826

“Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their hands outstretched. They had come down from the back mountains and higher places to hold forth their hands for something they thought civilization could offer, and they never dreamed the sadness and the poor broken delusion of it.”

Knows Way Hands Would Be Eye Dark Poor Sadness Serious Broken Higher Civilization Offers Mountain Ancient Insane Bridges Wheels Bombs Someday Delusion Cracks Stretching Dean Dense Hawks

Author:Jack Kerouac

“Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.”

“The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you start taking life as fun, the ego has to die, it cannot exist anymore. Ego is illness; it needs an atmosphere of sadness to exist. Seriousness creates the sadness in you. Sadness is a necessary soil for the ego. Hence your saints are so serious, for the simple reason that they are the most egoistic people on the earth. They may be trying to be humble, but they are very proud of their humbleness. They take their humbleness very seriously.”

People Ifs Needs Trying May Reason Earth Dies Fun Simple Sadness Serious Proud Ego Laughter Saint Illness Humble Atmosphere Soil Seriousness Be Humble Humbleness Playfulness

Author:Rajneesh

“What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn't laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to fight for the legitimate right of laughter in "serious" music.”

Want Humans Fighting Emotion Sadness Serious Laughter Claims Tragedy Titles Lofty Human Emotions

Author:Dmitri Shostakovich

“It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages, traditions and knowledge? … The truth is that I am prone to bouts of doubt and sadness around these questions. But I have hope. Our hope is dependent upon education. Our hope depends on how serious we become about the education of our people.”

People Asks Language Doubt Sadness Serious Depends Truth Is Tradition Dependent Seriousness Having Hope

Book:Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education & Equality in Australia

Source: Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education & Equality in Australia

“A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.”

Pieces Sadness Serious Broken Yesterday Sweeping Brooms Broken Pieces

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“Comedy doesn't really have any meaning without sadness. The most meaningful comedy comes from some really serious pathos.”

Comedy Sadness Serious Meaningful Pathos Most Meaningful

Author:Becky Stark

“Gilmartins voice is angelic, but her lyrical subjects are often serious and slightly sad. The conflict of the beauty of her voice and the sadness of her lyrics makes for great music!”

Voice Sadness Subjects Serious Conflict Great Music Lyrical Angelic

Author:Jeff Belanger