I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

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

Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed?

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.

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.