[Drawing should be] a journey of pleasure. Each step must present to the travellers' view objects that are eminently interesting, varied in their appearances, and attracting to such a degree as to excite in each individual thus happily employed the desire of knowing all respecting all he sees.
John James AudubonMathematics was hard, dull work, I thought; geography pleased me more. For my other studies, as well as for dancing, I was quite enthusiastic.
John James AudubonA true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.
John James AudubonHunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
John James Audubon