Rockwell Kent

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I am an adventurer, looking for treasure.”

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

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

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