"Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters."

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"Don't be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Independence, Alone, Sun, Rise, Side

"Don't let someone rearrange your path because they lost sight of their own."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Independence, Path, Individual, Control, Decision

"Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Independence, Youth, Freedom, Addiction

"She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had doubtless made her happy but which, once her husband was dead, did not leave her even the vestiges of her identity."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Independence, Freedom, Identity, Change, Love

"I would not come in.I meant not even if asked,And I hadn't been."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Independence, Rejection, Boundaries, Freedom, Choice

"Believe in yourself. Carve your own path. Build your own dreams. Be your own hero."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Independence, Self-Belief, Dreams, Leadership, Empowerment

"Very often it seems that people assume that by cutting the wings of others, it becomes easier to love them. They know so little about love that end up creating a perception of love that is devilish and demoniacal. And I end with no other choice but to remain single and let them go."

Robin Sacredfire, Portuguese Philosopher

Independence, Love, Control, Freedom, Loss

"She wasn't kind of lady that depended on a man and I think that's what made her so irrestible to them, any man she had loved she wanted ~ and the men that loved her back couldn't handle not being needed, so she showed them the door and grew her own wings as they walked out. Love to her isn't a maybe thing, nor is it attachment and any man whom thinks he will ever own her would be best not to try at all."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Independence, Love, Power, Freedom

"For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Independence, Freedom, Solitude, Thought

"Do not pay attention to what the people around you are thinking and saying."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Independence, Self-awareness, Focus, Growth

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"Don't be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side."

"Don't let someone rearrange your path because they lost sight of their own."

"Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more."

"She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had doubtless made her happy but which, once her husband was dead, did not leave her even the vestiges of her identity."

"I would not come in.I meant not even if asked,And I hadn't been."

"Believe in yourself. Carve your own path. Build your own dreams. Be your own hero."

"Very often it seems that people assume that by cutting the wings of others, it becomes easier to love them. They know so little about love that end up creating a perception of love that is devilish and demoniacal. And I end with no other choice but to remain single and let them go."

"Do not pay attention to what the people around you are thinking and saying."

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"Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism."

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"It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall."

"Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility."

"Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat."

"As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was."

"I am primarily concerned with the condition of man."

"Impulses are hard to come by these days."

"The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race."