While recent advances in machine learning have yielded impressive results, researchers, practitioners, and even companies are beginning to recognize that true artificial intelligence requires much more sophisticated reasoning capabilities. Knowledge representation and declarative programming are arguably in a premier position to aid in the achievement of such capabilities. In this paper, I reflect on people and ideas that have had a great influence on my view of knowledge representation and of declarative programming. Through these lenses, I will discuss what I consider to be some of the most important milestones in the evolution of the field over the past years. I will conclude my reflection with my take on what this may tell us about the path that lies ahead and about areas where research efforts may yield considerable benefits.