“Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.” AbilityLonelinessDependsReflectionPrerequisites Author:Gao Xingjian
“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.” MenFeelsAbilityLonelinessStandardsBuiltLonelyGreat MenBeing AloneBeing LonelyHigh StandardsLoneliness And SolitudeI Am LonelyLonely FeelingLonely And AloneAlone LonelyAlone LifeI Feel Lonely Author:Yousuf Karsh
“Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.” LifeArtIdeasSoulRealityBeautifulAbilityCreativityStruggleLonelinessBlessingLonelyCurseDragCreative PeopleCreative PersonIdeas And CreativityBlessing To Others Author:Lou Dorfsman
“From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans are great on fillers, as if what we have, what we are, is not enough. We have a cultural tendency toward denial, but being affluent, we strangle ourselves with what we can buy. We gave only to look at the houses we build to see how we build *against* space, the way we drink against pain and loneliness. We fill up space as if it were a pie shell, with things whose opacity further obstructs our ability to see what is already there.” IfsWayLooksEnoughPainUsedHouseAbilitySpaceLonelinessDrinkTendenciesDenialSoilShellsPieCandyLipstickGumAffluentAbility To SeeWyomingFillers Author:Gretel Ehrlich
“Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the ability to reach out and touch in a humane and warmly illuminating way the solitude, even the loneliness, of others. That is why, to me, poetry is one of the most vital treasures that humanity possesses; it is a bridge between separated souls.” WayPersonsArtSoulHumanityBornNaturalAbilityLonelinessSolitudeSingingConnectionsTreasureBridgesPoetry IsReach OutHumaneIlluminating Author:Brendan Kennelly
“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there's also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindPersonsRealDesireStrongAbilityLonelinessStrangeConversationExtremesShynessStreaksHybridExhibitionismEgomania Author:David Foster Wallace
“The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.” WritingImportantStrongAbilityLonelinessImportant ThingsConstantEverydayBanalitySocializingRevulsion Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967