Sadness And Loneliness Quotes

• I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I began three more large canvases... of large wheat fields under cloudy skies, and it did not take a great deal to express sadness and loneliness... I believe these paintings say what words cannot.

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  Vincent Van Gogh

  Loneliness   Believe   Sadness  

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• I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.

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  Taylor Swift

  Growing Up   Loneliness   Sadness  

  1941

• I must confess that I am usually drawn to sadness, and loneliness has never been a stranger to me. But love tried to welcome me, but my soul drew back, guilty of lust and sin.

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  Madonna Ciccone

  Loneliness   Sadness   Lust  

  1886

• Any great artist is wrestling with their sadness and loneliness, their fears, anxieties and securities, and they're transfiguring those into complicated forms of expression that affect our hearts, minds and souls and remind us of who we are as human beings, the fragility of our human status and the inevitability of death.

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  Cornel West

  Loneliness   Heart   Sadness  

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• I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.

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  Eric Clapton

  Father   Loneliness   Sadness  

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