--- title: "24 Wojciech Kurtyka Quotes - Famous Explorer" description: "Wojciech Kurtyka is a Polish mountaineer and rock climber, one of the pioneers of the alpine style of climbing the biggest walls in the Greater Ranges. ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-eric-buffington-96281.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-eric-buffington-96281.jpg) # Wojciech Kurtyka (1947) Explorer **24** quotes in **205** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Wojciech Kurtyka is an explorer. ## Quick Facts About Wojciech Kurtyka Born September 20, 1947 Profession Explorer ## About Wojciech Kurtyka Wojciech Kurtyka is a Polish mountaineer and rock climber, one of the pioneers of the alpine style of climbing the biggest walls in the Greater Ranges. He lived in Wrocław up to 1974 when he moved to Kraków. ## Quotes by Wojciech Kurtyka > [Beauty is the door to another world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/beauty-is-the-door-to-another-world/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Another world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_another-world_beauty-is-the-door-to-another-world-1862_1862008.jpg) > [Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/stupidity-is-falling-pray-to-your-own-illusions/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_stupidity-is-falling-pray-to-your-own-il_2450023.jpg) > [I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/i-just-have-a-dream-mountain-under-the-eyelids-this-is-my-breath-my/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Breath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_breaths_i-just-have-a-dream-mountain-under-the-e_1575872.jpg) > [Great effort, fear and suffering sweet all the worthless chaff out of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/great-effort-fear-and-suffering-sweet-all-the-worthless-chaff-out-of/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Effort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_effort_great-effort-fear-and-suffering-sweet-al_1362985.jpg) > [Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/every-type-of-evil-we-ve-got-in-us-is-the-result-of-that-one-true/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_being-self-centered_every-type-of-evil-we-ve-got-in-us-is-th_190734.jpg) > [I don't like egocentricity, which is something that I have arduously battled in myself my entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/i-don-t-like-egocentricity-which-is-something-that-i-have-arduously/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_i-don-t-like-egocentricity-which-is-some_332685.jpg) > [Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/difficult-struggle-in-mountaineering-is-our-rise-above-himself-is-the/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_difficult-struggle-in-mountaineering-is_246603.jpg) > [The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/the-most-significant-dimension-of-freedom-is-the-freedom-from-one-s/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_the-most-significant-dimension-of-freedo_1621921.jpg) > [Whenever a climber leaves the known paths, he enters an area without rules or routines... The only advice comes from deep inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/whenever-a-climber-leaves-the-known-paths-he-enters-an-area-without/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_advice_whenever-a-climber-leaves-the-known-path_2215248.jpg) > [The man coming back from the hard mountain trip is a wiser being, calmer and radiating inside. I'd say momentary liberated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/the-man-coming-back-from-the-hard-mountain-trip-is-a-wiser-being/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_calmer_the-man-coming-back-from-the-hard-mounta_1554373.jpg) > [Isn't a person who can live on nothing much stronger? I try to nurture that transformation in myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/isn-t-a-person-who-can-live-on-nothing-much-stronger-i-try-to-nurture/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_isn-t-a-person-who-can-live-on-nothing-m_2905478.jpg) > [I like to describe Himalayan climbing as a kind of art of suffering. Just pushing, pushing yourself to your limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/i-like-to-describe-himalayan-climbing-as-a-kind-of-art-of-suffering/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_art_i-like-to-describe-himalayan-climbing-as_2277916.jpg) > [If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/if-there-is-such-a-thing-as-spiritual-materialism-it-is-displayed-in/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_accepting_if-there-is-such-a-thing-as-spiritual-ma_2659449.jpg) > [Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/classic-mountaineering-grows-out-of-a-traditional-romantic/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_blood_classic-mountaineering-grows-out-of-a-tr_13943.jpg) > [Enslavement to your own weakness - be it an addiction to alcohol, or to a woman or to fame - it's degrading,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/enslavement-to-your-own-weakness-be-it-an-addiction-to-alcohol-or-to/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Addiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_addiction_enslavement-to-your-own-weakness-be-it-a_2563389.jpg) > [For me, the ascent to the peak of the normal ways that torment and anguish. Inspired by the idea of transition was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/for-me-the-ascent-to-the-peak-of-the-normal-ways-that-torment-and/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Absurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_absurd_for-me-the-ascent-to-the-peak-of-the-nor_662191.jpg) > [In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second is immersed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/in-this-way-the-climber-faces-his-second-deadly-threat-the-first-is/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_believe_in-this-way-the-climber-faces-his-second_1503727.jpg) > [The mountains are exceptional places for, as the natural environment is concerned, they are the concentration of the wildest possible variety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/the-mountains-are-exceptional-places-for-as-the-natural-environment/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Concentration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concentration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_concentration_the-mountains-are-exceptional-places-for_272788.jpg) > [Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/naturally-the-top-does-not-automatically-make-us-better-like-the/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_naturally-the-top-does-not-automatically_1382602.jpg) > [Other extremely alluring traits in people are simplicity and naturalness. Simplicity and naturalness are never painfully obvious qualities, and yet which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/other-extremely-alluring-traits-in-people-are-simplicity-and/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_access_other-extremely-alluring-traits-in-peopl_1316032.jpg) > [When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains, not for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/when-you-are-totally-defeated-you-begin-again-to-enjoy-the-small/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Admiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admiration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_admiration_when-you-are-totally-defeated-you-begin_1273571.jpg) > [Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/mountaineering-is-a-complex-and-unique-way-of-life-interweaving/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_arise_mountaineering-is-a-complex-and-unique-w_2405726.jpg) > [I see one single suitable role for my life's work: for it to be a gift to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/i-see-one-single-suitable-role-for-my-life-s-work-for-it-to-be-a-gift/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_climbing_i-see-one-single-suitable-role-for-my-li_67392.jpg) > [Every move is a creation, Maintaining the delicate balance is a creation, The line is a creation, Survival is a creation, Freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/every-move-is-a-creation-maintaining-the-delicate-balance-is-a/) [Wojciech Kurtyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/) [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/wojciech-kurtyka-24825_balance_every-move-is-a-creation-maintaining-the_227630.jpg) ## Wojciech Kurtyka by topic [Climbing (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/wojciech-kurtyka/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wojciech-kurtyka/#itemlist", "name": "Wojciech Kurtyka Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beauty is the door to another world...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wojciech Kurtyka" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wojciech-kurtyka/beauty-is-the-door-to-another-world/", "image": { 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