“One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business and the task is a hard one.” HardFactsImpossibleTerribleSolitudeTasksBetter OffFathomBetter Off Alone Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“Well, we're grasping for two things at once. Partly for communion with others - that's the deepest instinct in us. And partly, we're seeking security. By constant communion with others we hope we shall be able to accept the horrible fact of our total solitude.” WellsTwoFactsAbleAcceptingSecuritySolitudeConstantInstinctSeekingHorribleTwo ThingsCommunionGrasping Author:Ingmar Bergman
“Of course, when one is faced with a canvas, one is no longer alone, and the sense of solitude diminishes. This can be an agreeable passage of time. In fact, solitude then becomes a kind of companion.” KindFactsCoursesSolitudeCompanionPassagesCanvasDiminishPassage Of Time Author:Pierre Alechinsky
“No matter who weaves in and out of your life, regardless of the quality of those deep friendships and familyships, I'm the only common denominator at this point who's been with me the whole time. And there's this sense of trying to make sense of that ultimate solitude. It's not a negative or even a positive. It's just a fact.” TryingMatterWholeFactsCommonQualitySolitudeNegativeUltimateMake SenseCommon DenominatorDeep Friendship Author:Feist