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" The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them to lay until nature is exhausted, and so but few young ones are raised. "

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" July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly wild and desolate that I am charmed by its wonderful dreariness. "

John James Audubon

Wild

Day

Beautiful

" From the top of a high rock, I obtained a good few of the most extensive and dreary wilderness I ever beheld. It chilled the heart to gaze on these barrens of Labrador. Indeed, I now dread every change of harbor, so horridly rugged and dangerous is the whole coast and country to the eye, and to the experienced man either of the sea or the land. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

John James Audubon

Art

Beautiful

" The Golden Eagle, which has universally been considered as a bird of most extraordinary powers of flight, is in my estimation little more than a sluggard, though its wings are long and ample. "

" Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. "

" Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy. "

" There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests of Labrador; and the unexpected bunting or sylvia which perchance, and indeed as if by chance alone, you now and then see flying before you, or hear singing from the ground creeping plant. "

" The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops. "

" I waged war against my feelings. "

" Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me. "

John James Audubon

Friend

Powerful

" The mercantile business did not suit me. "

" How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? "

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

" Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions, I did not abandon the idea of representing nature. "

" On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life. "

John James Audubon

New York

Yellow

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

" 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. "

John James Audubon

God

Growing Old

" Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family. "

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

" I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors. "

John James Audubon

Acts

Only

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

" I feel I am strange to all but the birds of America. "

John James Audubon

Strange

I Am

" My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant. "

" Go where you will, if a shilling can there be procured, you may expect to meet with individuals in search of it. "

John James Audubon

Expect

Meet

" 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

Hope

Think

" The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself. "

" 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. "