Sarah Paulson

There's a poignancy to being with someone older. I think there's a greater appreciation of time and what you have together and what's important, and it can make the little things seem very small. It puts a kind of sharp light mixed with a sort of diffused light on something.

American Actress

Joan Chen

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.

Chinese Actress

Johann Johannsson

The kind of industrial wasteland that you see in so much of Europe has a tremendous poignancy to me, especially when it's run down and you see the collapse and failure of this system. And also how nature reclaims it.

Icelander Composer

Jim Jarmusch

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it.

American Director

Mark Pellegrino

I hope maybe 'The Returned,' in some small way, can contribute to the argument of the poignancy of human life and make people not take for granted things.

American Actor

Paul Tsongas

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.

American Politician

Michel Faber

Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.

Dutch Writer

Sam Kean

In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.

American Writer

Matthew Weiner

If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.

Tracey Ullman

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.

British Comedian

Poignancy implies a strong, emotional impact, often related to memories or experiences that are deeply moving.

Emotional Intensity

The sadness associated with poignancy is deep and meaningful, different from general unhappiness or depression.

Subtle Sadness

Poignancy can also be felt during positive experiences where the beauty of the moment brings a sense of sadness.

Not Always Negative

 but what sets it apart is its brevity. Cherry blossoms fall within a single week -- can be whisked away on the gentlest breeze -- and it's this that makes it more beautiful. It's utterly fragile, and fragility gives life its poignancy.