Author: John James Audubon

Quotes

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

- John James Audubon

To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.

To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.

- John James Audubon

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

- John James Audubon

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

- John James Audubon

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

- John James Audubon

Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions, I did not abandon the idea of representing nature.

Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions, I did not abandon the idea of representing nature.

- John James Audubon

The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.

The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.

- John James Audubon

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

- John James Audubon

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.

- John James Audubon

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