Charles Marion Russell Quotes & Sayings

Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them. — Charles Marion Russell

The West is dead ... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. — Charles Marion Russell

A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization. — Charles Marion Russell

Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers. — Charles Marion Russell

A pioneer is a man who turned all the grass upside down, strung bob-wire over the dust that was left, poisoned the water, cut down the trees, killed the Indian who owned the land and called it progress. — Charles Marion Russell

You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse. — Charles Marion Russell

The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair. — Charles Marion Russell

I ain't no historian but I happen to savvy this incident. — Charles Marion Russell