„Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.“

— Pablo Picasso

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„As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working in solitude.“
— Sigmund Freud
„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
„Nothing can be accomplished without solitude; I have made a kind of solitude for myself.“
— Pablo Picasso
„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
„The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one - this one must be able to attain.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„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
„It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„I hate who steals my solitude, without really offer me in exchange company.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson