Creative Solitude!!

"Whosoever delighted in solitude either a wild beast, or a god."

--Aristotle, Philosopher.

Does creativity comes from the Creative writing sessions from colleges? Or is it from group discussion? I have been looking up for the how creativity gets in... And i found...

Its solitude! That's what many great people have concluded to...*For what i researched*

It is sometimes the most tranquil thing one can have. And sometimes in plenty it goes to a stage of unpleasant isolation.

"One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude."

--Carl Sandburg, American writer.

"The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil."

--Thomas Alva Edison.

Surprising that everyone conclude solitude as a root of creativity. But its concluded by them, after giving it a fair solitudal thought.

"This great misfortune--to be incapable of solitude."

--Jean De La Bruyèr,Essayist.

Solitude magnifies the thoughts in you. You might be creative, but do you listen to those ideas inside you that wants to come out in various forms? Assume people are creative, do they have time to listen to that creative side of them? In this world you cant escape the so-called-society and its company, and this society around us is highly influencing. It has its own thoughts that it wants to be put right inside your head. Solitude help you find your voice and distinguish them from this big noise around you. And you might find those smaller things inside you that get lost easily in the roar.

"I lived in solitude the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

--Albert Einstein.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

--Edward Gibbon, Historian.

Solitude lets you know yourself. When in group half the person you are isn't you at all. You aren't the true you in front of others. You the 'you' that the other wants you to be. That 'you' aint any different than the others. Its one stereotype being existing for others and for other's satisfactions. In solitude the real you would come out and set its presence.

“One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.”

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Writer.

“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.”

-- Pablo Picasso, Painter.

This doesn't mean solitude will spark into you creativity. Solitude helps in bringing it out if its present in you. Socialising is equally a module of creativity. Its just the balance among them brings the right tone out.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

--Stendhal, Writer.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Writer.

Go give youself some time. Take a break from the routine. Solitude is not only for creativity. Its the best way to explore things. If you got any comments on how you think is the best way of getting some solitude let us know.