“In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.” PoliticalSeriousSummerSpringChinaDisturbance Author:Li Peng
“Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that he can exaggerate, but even his exaggeration has a rational basis. It is not founded on wit or fancy; it does not spring from any poetic imagination.” DoeImaginationSeriousCreaturesSpringHumorousFairsBasesMalesWitRationalFancyPoeticExaggerationAbnormal Author:Oscar Wilde
“The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and commitment that develop in the couple, the more the abuser comes to think of his partner as a prized object. Possessiveness is at the core of the abuser's mindset, the spring from which all the other streams spout; on some level he feels that he owns you and therefore has the right to treat you as he sees fit.” ThinkingFeelsReasonLevelsObjectsSeriousCoupleFitSpringCommitmentTreatsAbuseMindsetPartnersCoreReason WhyStreamsOwnershipAbusersPossessiveness Author:Lundy Bancroft
“True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful.” ArtPoetrySeriousSpringIntimate Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I'm always looking for perfection. Every photographer, in one way or another, if he's serious, is. He ain't ever going to get it. But hope springs eternal.” IfsWaySeriousEternalSpringPerfectionPhotographerOne Way Author:Phil Stern