Decision Quote by Sigmund Freud

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance

— Whitfield Diffie

“We know that solitude is almost a necessity for creativity and the development of a genuinely and richly autonomous sense of identity.”

— Sara Maitland

“Solitude has the potential to bring the best thoughts to you. When you are not involved in the emotional, entangled in the sentimental, and…

— Alok Mishra

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

— Twyla Tharp

Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for…

— Guy de Maupassant

It is in solitude that the works of hand, heart and mind are always conceived, and in solitude that individuality must be affirmed.

— Robert M. Lindner

Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

“The truth is that solitude is the creative condition of genius, religious or secular, and the ultimate sterilising of it. No human soul can…

— Helen Waddell

Solitude is the profoundest fact

— Octavio Paz

Without great solitude no serious work is possible.

— Anonymous

Solitude is one of our great superpowers... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the courage of…

— Susan Cain

“Solitude is mental growth”

— Allison Mierop