John James Audubon Quotes

American - Scientist | April 26, 1785 - January 27, 1851

Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.

John James Audubon

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July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly wild and desolate that I am charmed by its wonderful dreariness.

John James Audubon

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

John James Audubon

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In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

John James Audubon

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The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops.

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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

John James Audubon

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

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My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant.

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How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?

John James Audubon

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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

John James Audubon

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To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.

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During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

John James Audubon

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