Best creativity & being-alone Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: Steppenwolf: A Novel

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”

Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley

“A career is born in public - talent in privacy.”

Born Acting Careers Creativity Talent Privacy Being Alone Film Actors

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.”

Ifs Writing Friendship Natural Enemy Creativity Occupation Solitary Savages Being Alone Undertakings Family Friends Preconceptions Natural Enemies

Book:Hide and Seek: A Continuing Journey

Source: Hide and Seek: A Continuing Journey

“Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.”

Writing Creativity Loneliness Cold Solitude Oneself Introspection Abyss Being Alone Descent

Author:Franz Kafka

“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.”

“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.”

Inspirational Play Use Order Creativity Creative Solitude Quiet Capacity Overcoming Introvert Constructive Being Alone Creative People Creative Person Quiet People Being Quiet Fear Of Being Alone

Author:Rollo May

“History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.”

People Done Shows Creativity History Youth Solitude Majority Being Alone Seclusion

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.”

Creativity Loneliness Serious Solitude Aging Being Alone Serious Work

Author:Pablo Picasso

“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

Mind Ideas Born Secret Creativity Creative Influence Loneliness Solitude Invention Thrive Originality Introvert Being Alone Intriguing Cripples Creative Mind Seclusion Outside Influences

Author:Nikola Tesla

“I'm gonna go live in a cave, just completely live in my interior world.”

World Creativity Interiors Caves Being Alone

Book:Tim Burton: Interviews

Source: Tim Burton: Interviews

“And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily newspapers, and I like to feel when I get up in the morning my attention is fixed on the work I am going to do.”

Feels Done Attention Creativity Morning Newspapers Get Up Fixed Isolation Being Alone Disturbed Work Done

Author:Reg Butler

“To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns.”

Space Creativity Creative Concern Everyday Introvert Be Creative Being Alone

Author:John Cleese

“Art starts alone - and convinces society later.”

Art Creativity Creative Convince Introvert Being Alone

Author:Douglas Davis

“On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.”

World Winning Creativity Creative Studios Introvert Being Alone All Alone

Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a little while painting to suggest it.”

Needs Littles I Can Dream Seems Grows Effort Creativity Creative Painting Stronger Isolation Introvert Being Alone

Author:Paul Gauguin

“Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.”

Whole Creativity Being Alone

Book:Van Gogh in Arles

Source: Van Gogh in Arles

“My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.”

My Own Creativity Impression Being Alone

Book:Claude Monet at the Time of Giverny

Source: Claude Monet at the Time of Giverny

“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 doing.”

People Artist Creativity Needed I Realized Being Alone Always Alone

Author:Beverly Pepper

“Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.”

Creativity Impossible Solitude Being Alone

Book:Picasso on art: a selection of views

Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views

“What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.”

Rooms Powerful Creativity Solitude Being Alone Seclusion Inspiring Writing

Author: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 partly a blessing and partly a curse. An artist enjoys and suffers from isolation. As solitude, isolation can nurture. It can also destroy.”

Thinking Real Artist Suffering Enjoy Creativity Strange Blessing Solitude Safe Conscious Curse Isolation Nurture Being Alone Singularity Real Artists

Author: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 solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.”

Ifs Doe Beautiful Artist Pleasure Creativity Fashion Beautiful Things Neighbour Being Alone Interference

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

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