Solitude is to the spirit what diet is to the body (Vauvenargues)
Solitude in a charming place, gentle in color and freshness, and from which I send you my regards.
H. Matisse
Henry Matisse to Gertrude Stein [Dieppe-Rouen, June 13? 1908], quoted in The Flowers of Friendship: Letters written to Gertrude Stein (edited by Donald Gallup)