Art Quote by Clyde Butcher

Wilderness appealed to those bored or disgusted with man and his works. It not only offered an escape from society but also was an…

— Roderick Nash

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls...

— John Muir

Wilderness can be appreciated only by contrast, and solitude understood only when we have been without it. We cannot separate ourselves from society, comradeship,…

— Sigurd F. Olson

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

— Edward Abbey

Wilderness is two things-fact and feeling. It is a fund of knowledge and a spring of influence. It is the ultimate source of health-terrestrial…

— Benton MacKaye

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

There is no wilderness. There is only our inability to fill the emptiness in which we live ...

— Octavian Paler

The reason to preserve wilderness is that we need it. We need wilderness of all kinds, large and small, public and private. Wee need…

— Wendell Berry

Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go…

— John Muir

“To be in touch with wilderness is to have stepped past the proud cattle of the field and wandered far from the twinkles of…

— Martin Shaw

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values…

— Howard Zahniser