Art Quote by Reinhold Messner

Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures...

— Wolfgang Gullich

Climbing is an understated culture.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Climbing is an artistic, creative thing; it's about being spontaneous, traveling, seeing the world, hanging out. It's a balance of setting goals while enjoying…

— Chris Sharma

Climbing is a process - like yoga or running. We want to go to the spots where we're barely able to hold on. Those…

— Chris Sharma

I think in general the American scene is much more focused on bouldering, where in Europe they're more focused on sport climbing.

— Adam Ondra

Climbing is all about freedom, the freedom to go beyond all the rules and take a chance, to experience something new, to gain insight…

— Reinhold Messner

Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety that outpopulates,…

— Jonathan Waterman

With climbing you can go to the most beautiful places on the planet and practice. Anywhere there is rock, you can climb.

— Chris Sharma

Climbing is more of an art than a sport. It's the aesthetics of a mountain that compels me. The line of a route, the…

— Reinhold Messner

That's what's so amazing about climbing - it's not just a sport. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of being creative, of connecting with…

— Chris Sharma

“The mystique of rock climbing is climbing; you get to the top of a rock glad it’s over but really wish it would go…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

In climbing, a fundamental thing is to want to do something you've never done before. That's the beauty of climbing, whether you're a girl…

— Chris Sharma