John Clare Quotes

It's beautiful being out in the wild.

I know it sounds very cliché and not very exciting, but if I'm outdoors - in the wild or the ocean or the forest - it inspires me.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

As a kid, my nickname was Tarzan. I never wore shoes, and I walked around and fished and camped out and just was a grub.

I'm a camper. I love being out in the wilderness.

I love being outdoors and trekking around.

Yeah, I like going away for camp. It brings out the savagery.

There is in my nature, methinks, a singular yearning toward all wildness.

So what is wild? What is wilderness? What are dreams but an internal wilderness and what is desire but a wildness of the soul?

Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest trees.

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.

I was a bit of a wild boy - always swimming and exploring the mountains.

I now walk into the wild.

The great outdoors is a theme with me; a walking holiday in Scotland is perfect - Culloden and the forests of Aviemore are both favourites.

I get excited by landscape.

Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun.

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.

The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots.

I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.

I would like to explore and see this country. I have had so many opportunities to see it from the air! I would like to climb the mountains that I wished I could climb at the time but had to get back to Washington.

I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking.

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow.