“I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into details and see how to get the expression that we wanted. And her visual art is emotionally expressive as her singing was. And, I think, when she switched over to singing, she already knew that it was something serious that you broke into pieces so she developed the ability to break it down and learn little riffs that she could throw in here and there.” ThinkingLittlesArtWantedStrongAbilityBreakStudyPiecesSeriousExpressionSingingArt IsDown AndDetailsBrokeVisualsHere And ThereExpressiveVisual ArtCrossover Author:Laura Joplin
“At Temple University, and I'm sure this was the way in a lot of film classes, comedy was not an option, and not considered a serious form of expression. You had to make a film about an issue.” WayFilmFormClassIssuesComedySeriousExpressionUniversityTemples Author:Tim Heidecker
“In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of the First Amendment. Whatever the better policy may be, a full and frank discussion of the costs and benefits of the attempt to prohibit the use of marijuana is far wiser than suppression of speech because it is unpopular.” FirstsMayUseIssuesPolicySeriousExpressionCostDemandSpeechBenefitsProtectionDebateDiscussionMinoritiesMarijuanaAmendmentsFrankFreedom Of SpeechWiserFirst AmendmentViewpointsSuppressionSerious Issues Author:John Paul Stevens
“The true grotesque being the expression of the repose or play of a serious mind, there is a false grotesque opposed to it, which is the result of the full exertion of a frivolous one.” MindPlayResultsSeriousExpressionReposeExertionGrotesqueFrivolous Book:The Stones of Venice Source: The Stones of Venice
“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.” IfsWorldShouldMayMeanPhilosophyRealityEyeTodayCoursesBehindsHonestSeriousExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographerPhotographConnectedEvolveMeritRelatedConsiderationPulseSelective Author:Berenice Abbott
“[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.” IfsMenLooksPersonsFacesSeriousExpressionExpectedMiserableUnfairAcheSolemnBeamSerious Person Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression - that you should take on this work like a holy calling.” IfsShouldWritingBelieveFormI BelieveCreativeSeriousExpressionHolyCalling Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Living a life of service, rather than one of expression, is a serious mistake, because expressing who we really are is the greatest service we can perform.” MistakeSeriousExpressionSerious Mistakes Author:Kurt Hanks
“Sorrowful words become the sorrowful; angry words suit the passionate; light words a playful expression; serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent; iratum, plena minarum; Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]” LightSeriousExpressionAngryPassionateGravesSuitsDecentSorrowfulAngry Words Author:Horace
“Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level.” LittlesPlayPoliticalGirlPoliticsSportsCommunityLevelsPartyFamilyBoysGenerationsTalentHuman NatureSeriousExpressionMomIdeologySoccerFree SpeechPolitical PartiesAthleticThat GirlKindergartenPartisanship Author:Ann Coulter
“It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.” LifeImportantStudentsCollegeSeriousExpressionImportant ThingsCreditMonkeysSeriousnessCollege Students Author:Robert M. Hutchins
“Sin is not only manifested in certain acts that are forbidden by divine command. Sin also appears in attitudes and dispositions and feelings. Lust and hate are sins as well as adultery and murder. And, in the traditional Christian view, despair and chronic boredom - unaccompanied by any vicious act - are serious sins. They are expressions of man's separation from God, as the ultimate good, meaning, and end of human existence.” MenHumansWellsEndsFeelingsChristianCertainHateSinViewsExistenceAttitudeDivineSeriousExpressionDespairUltimateMurderSeparationLustCommandTraditionalBoredomDispositionForbiddenViciousAdulteryHuman Existence Author:Mortimer Adler
“It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene.” IfsMenPersonsMomentsEasySeriousExpressionBecomingRelaxationUnworthyBreedingObsceneCoarseGood Breeding Book:On Obligations Source: On Obligations
“Kevin Bacon and I recently worked on a move together, R.I.P.D. Just before we'd begin a scene, when all of us would feel the normal anxiety that actors feel be- fore they start to perform, Kevin would look at me and the other actors with a very serious expression on his face and say: "Remember, everything depends on this!" It would make us all laugh. On the one hand, it's not true of course, but on the other, everything does depend on this, on just this moment and our attitude toward this moment.” FeelsLooksDoeMomentsHandsTogetherRememberFacesMovingCoursesActorsAttitudeLaughingSeriousExpressionDependsSceneNormalAnxietyLook At MeKevinRemembers Everything Author:Jeff Bridges