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Henry Miller

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Alone

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Henry Miller is saying that true artists must spend time by themselves because solitude allows them to create deeply and authentically. Instead of seeing being alone as a problem, he believes that this loneliness is essential for their artistic process.

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