Quotes by John James Audubon

"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
"The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best."
John James Audubon
"As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature."
John James Audubon
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John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology ...