Being Alone Quotes

841 Being Alone quotes by 532 unique authors

My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions. — Claude Monet
I realized... that the artist is always alone. Early in life I had thought I needed other people to confirm or approve what I was… — Beverly Pepper
Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude. — Pablo Picasso
What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy. — Salman Rushdie
The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is… — Peter Schjeldahl
Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it… — Oscar Wilde
Let my doing nothing when I have nothing to do, become untroubled in its depth of peace, like the evening in the seashore when the… — Rabindranath Tagore
When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself. — Peter HÃ¸eg
The cure for all the illness of life is stored in the inner depth of life itself, the access to which becomes possible when we… — Rabindranath Tagore
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and… — Kristen Schaal
I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. — Oscar Wilde
Spend some time alone every day. — Dalai Lama
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone. — James A. Baldwin
Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations. — Albert Einstein
It is never good dwelling on good-byes ... it is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting. — Elizabeth Bibesco
I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence. — Giacomo Casanova
Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. — Henri Nouwen
Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery. — Khalil Gibran
You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Artists with serious aspirations need to be left alone to follow the course of their own imagination. — Robert Genn
Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended. — Eric Maisel
I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone. — Unknown Author
Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature. — Dave Davies
In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it… — Per Petterson

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