Quote#Wisdom
I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish…
Quote byFrederic Remington · 1861–1909
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: “A Few Words from Mr. Remington,” Collier’s Weekly, March 18, 1905, p. 16, reprinted in Collier’s Weekly (Jan. 10, 1910) p. 12.
English (original)
I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded.
— Frederic Remington
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