Air Quote by Georg Brandes

I had a free-range childhood. We lived in town but with a cow, chooks, bees, and multiple veggie gardens so we could live self-sufficiently.

— Zoe Foster Blake

I have been brought up in an environment which was quite an exciting childhood.

— Emily Atack

I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love…

— Konrad Lorenz

I grew up like Huck Finn, always outdoors, exploring, collecting frogs - there was space everywhere. I want my kids to experience that too.…

— Josh Duhamel

I realised that I loved the outdoors, and that I yearned for peaceful, quiet places.

— George Clarke

I had one of the most outdoorsy childhoods you could imagine. I basically lived in the woods until I was 13. My dad and…

— Gabriel Basso

When I was growing up, and other people I knew were getting into trouble, I was somewhere in a deer stand or going to…

— Donald Trump, Jr

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and…

— Susan Orlean

I lived somewhat of a nomadic life, even when I lived in Ohio. We spent time in rural areas, in suburban areas, never really…

— Haley Bennett

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

— Ann Bancroft

Living in a small town, one of the keys to survival was your imagination.

— Nick Nolte

I now derive physical and spiritual pleasure from gardening and there is tremendous satisfaction in knowing that I could survive almost anywhere if I…

— Don Henley