Yves Tanguy Quotes

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

I really do work in solitude.

It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.

Alone I'm nothing.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

Solitude is un-American.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

Solitude is independence.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

As much I can stay away from people, I remain happy.

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

We're all in this alone.

Remember we're all in this alone.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

I like my life alone.

I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.

There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

I'm so accustomed to being alone.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.