Charles M. Russell

“Any man that can make a living doing what he likes is lucky, and I'm that.”

“A pioneer is a man who turned all the grass upside down, strung bob-wire over the dust that was left, poisoned the water, and cut down the trees.”

“The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.”

“In the long run, the man who is most deserving is the one who is the most daring.”

“I am an illustrator. There are lots of illustrators and only a few painters.”

“The mountains are the last place where man can feel truly free.”

“A man's got to have a place where he can go and be himself.”

“Nature is the best art school.”

“To have talent is no credit to its owner. What man can't help he should get neither credit nor blame for.”

“A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.”

“The only good artist is a dead one.”

“Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be.”

“The sun is the boss of this country.”

“I saw the last of the buffalo.”

“The West is a country of extremes. There are no halfway measures.”

“I am old-fashioned and peculiar in my dress. I am not a faddist.”

“When I was a boy, the West was a wild and woolly place.”