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Solitary Quotes

Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all Picture Quote #1

Writers may be solitary but they also tend to flock together: they like being solitary together Picture Quote #1

The artist’s task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and mingle among society Picture Quote #1

Doing my art came out of something very solitary and something that I had no intention of showing anybody, and yet once people saw pieces in my house, it became really clear that there was a great demand for my art Picture Quote #1

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it’s the other part that’s usually producing the stuff worth reading Picture Quote #1

I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher Picture Quote #1

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If you want to design a successful human society, you need to know what kind of animal we are. Are we a social animal or a selfish animal? Do we respond better when we’re solitary or living in a group? Picture Quote #1

The inner chambers of the soul are like the photographer’s darkroom. Like a laboratory. One cannot stay there all the time or it becomes the solitary cell of the neurotic Picture Quote #1

Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated Picture Quote #1

If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope Picture Quote #1

Letters were first invented for consoling such solitary wretches as myself. Having lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you, I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing Picture Quote #1

Prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men... whose thoughts and emotions are not subject to the dominion of the herd Picture Quote #1

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The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a God Picture Quote #1

You are always training yourself to be, mind and body, as clear as crystal, and you always are, and never change; whereas I am a muddy, solitary, moping weed Picture Quote #1

In his lonely solitude, the solitary man feeds upon himself; in the thronging multitude, the many feed upon him. Now choose Picture Quote #1

He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation Picture Quote #1

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove his courage, ever matches the solitary, existential courage of the woman who gives birth Picture Quote #1

There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world Picture Quote #1

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Who has not watched a mother stroke her child’s cheek or kiss her child in a certain way and felt a nervous shudder at the possessive outrage done to a free solitary human soul? Picture Quote #1

What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary? Picture Quote #1

The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face Picture Quote #1

The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else Picture Quote #1

Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new ideal world where life is as it should be Picture Quote #1

It’s an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That’s always been a tug of war for me Picture Quote #1

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There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject Picture Quote #1

Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion Picture Quote #1

I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music Picture Quote #1

As an actor, I’m always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I’m always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people’s lives and how they intertwine Picture Quote #1

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful Picture Quote #1

I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth Picture Quote #1

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Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all (Solitary Quotes) Writers may be solitary but they also tend to flock together: they like being solitary together (Solitary Quotes) The artist’s task is to become a successful eccentric, a strange but wise duck able to venture out of solitary confinement and mingle among society (Solitary Quotes) Doing my art came out of something very solitary and something that I had no intention of showing anybody, and yet once people saw pieces in my house, it became really clear that there was a great demand for my art (Solitary Quotes) Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it’s the other part that’s usually producing the stuff worth reading (Solitary Quotes) I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher (Solitary Quotes) If you want to design a successful human society, you need to know what kind of animal we are. Are we a social animal or a selfish animal? Do we respond better when we’re solitary or living in a group? (Solitary Quotes) The inner chambers of the soul are like the photographer’s darkroom. Like a laboratory. One cannot stay there all the time or it becomes the solitary cell of the neurotic (Solitary Quotes) Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated (Solitary Quotes) If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope (Solitary Quotes) Letters were first invented for consoling such solitary wretches as myself. Having lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you, I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing (Solitary Quotes) Prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men... whose thoughts and emotions are not subject to the dominion of the herd (Solitary Quotes) The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a God (Solitary Quotes) You are always training yourself to be, mind and body, as clear as crystal, and you always are, and never change; whereas I am a muddy, solitary, moping weed (Solitary Quotes) In his lonely solitude, the solitary man feeds upon himself; in the thronging multitude, the many feed upon him. Now choose (Solitary Quotes) He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation (Solitary Quotes) No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove his courage, ever matches the solitary, existential courage of the woman who gives birth (Solitary Quotes) There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world (Solitary Quotes) Who has not watched a mother stroke her child’s cheek or kiss her child in a certain way and felt a nervous shudder at the possessive outrage done to a free solitary human soul? (Solitary Quotes) What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary? (Solitary Quotes) The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face (Solitary Quotes) The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else (Solitary Quotes) Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new ideal world where life is as it should be (Solitary Quotes) It’s an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That’s always been a tug of war for me (Solitary Quotes) There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject (Solitary Quotes) Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion (Solitary Quotes) I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music (Solitary Quotes) As an actor, I’m always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I’m always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people’s lives and how they intertwine (Solitary Quotes) As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful (Solitary Quotes) I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth (Solitary Quotes)

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