Quotes for All
My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved from an intense devotion to mountains and wilderness that eventually shaped all the parts of my life and brought them together. Galen Rowell
Between the head and feet of any given person is a billion miles of unexplored wilderness. Gabrielle Roth
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. Everett Ruess
I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return. Everett Ruess
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do everything possible to broaden my experiences and allow myself to reach the fullest development. Then, and before physical deterioration obtrudes, I shall go on some last wilderness trip to a place … Read more
I have been thinking more and more that I shall always be a lone wanderer of the wilderness. God, how the trail lures me. You cannot comprehend its resistless fascination for me. After all, the lone trail is bestI’ll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I’ll find the wildest, loneliest, most … Read more
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to the street car and the star sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any paved highway, and the deep … Read more
Always I shall be one who loves the wilderness: Swaggers and softly creeps between the mountain peaks; I shall listen long to the sea’s brave music; I shall sing my song above the shriek of desert winds. Everett Ruess
I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would … Read more
When ever the light of civilization faces upon you with a blighting power…go to the wilderness…Dull business routine, the fierce passions of the marketplace, the perils of envious cities became but a memory…The wilderness will take hold of you. It will give you good red blood; it will turn you from a weakling into a … Read more