„Nothing can be accomplished without solitude; I have made a kind of solitude for myself.“

— Pablo Picasso

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„I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it.“
— Charles Bukowski
„True happiness is impossible without solitude…. I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.“
— Sophia Loren
„But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing.“
— Virginia Woolf
„My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.“
— Pablo Picasso
„I am no longer alone with myself, and I can only artificially recall the scary and beautiful feeling of solitude. This is the shadow side of the fortune of love.“
— C.G. Jung
„O Solitude! You are my home, Solitude!“
— Friedrich Nietzsche