Rockwell Kent

“I have no faith in any religion. I am a freethinker.”

“Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.”

“I want to do something that has never been done before, and I want to do it in a way that has never been done before.”

“The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need — if only we had the eyes to see.”

“I am an adventurer, looking for treasure.”

“If I could find a place where I could be with my loves, my books, my tools, my friends, I'd be a happy man.”

“The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.”

“The great thing about the dead, they make space.”

“Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.”

“Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine.”