Quotes by : John James Audubon

I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits....

All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although....

The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions,....

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

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

There is but one kind of love; God is love, and all his creatures derive theirs from his; only it is....

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

Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have....

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and....

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.