John James Audubon said this quote

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

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

~ John James Audubon

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

~ John James Audubon

I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect; but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure.

~ John James Audubon