I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.