
The Fertility Of Seclusion

Nikola Tesla
The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.

Nikola Tesla
Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind.

Nikola Tesla
Be alone

Nikola Tesla
that is the secret of invention:

Nikola Tesla
Be alone,

Nikola Tesla
that is when ideas are born.

Thomas Mann
Solitude gives birth to the original in us,

Thomas Mann
to beauty unfamiliar and perilous -

Thomas Mann
to poetry.

Thomas Mann
But also, it gives birth to the opposite:

Thomas Mann
to the perverse,

Thomas Mann
the illicit,

Thomas Mann
the absurd.