“Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.” ArtUsePurposeArtistDealsFashionObjectsSeriousHigherArt IsSacredSevereEmployed Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“God has laid upon us many severe trials in this world, but He has created labour for us, and all is compensated. Thanks to labour, the bitterest tears are dried; a serious consoler, it always promises less than it bestows; a pleasure unparalleled, it is still the salt of other pleasures. Everything abandons you -- gaiety, wit, love -- labour alone is always present.” WorldStillsPleasureThis WorldTearsSeriousPromiseLaborWitTrialsThanksLabourAbandonSaltSevereGaiety Author:Ernest Legouve
“My family was too serious. They didn't take care of me - it was a very serious and severe life. Not severe in a bad way; just boring - like totally neutral. I felt no emotion.” WayCareFeltEmotionSeriousMy FamilyBoringTake CareSevereTake Care Of Me Author:Miuccia Prada