John James Audubon Quotes

John James Audubon Quotes & Quotations
Name:
John James Audubon quotes
Type:
Scientist quotes
Nationality:
American quotes
Birth day:
April 26
Birth year:
1785

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    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 quotes
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    As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature. John James Audubon quotes
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    Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. John James Audubon quotes
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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 quotes
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    Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. John James Audubon quotes
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    I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children. John James Audubon quotes
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    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 quotes
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    I waged war against my feelings. John James Audubon quotes
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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 quotes
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    Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic. John James Audubon quotes
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    My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish. John James Audubon quotes
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    On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise. John James Audubon quotes
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    One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints. John James Audubon quotes
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    The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. John James Audubon quotes
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    To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art. John James Audubon quotes
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    Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me? John James Audubon quotes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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