John James Audubon Quotes
In America, business is the first object in view at all times, and rightly it should be so.
Audubon, John James. Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1. Edited by Maria R. Audubon, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
Sometimes this is misquoted as 'The business of America is business.' See Woodrow Wilson for an earlier statement of this idea which is almost always incorrectly attributed to Coolidge as the originator of the idea.
John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictoral record of all the bird species of North America. He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon is also known for having identified 25 new species. He is the namesake of the National Audubon Society and his name adorns a large number of towns, neighborhoods, and streets in every part of the United States. Dozens of scientific names first published by Audubon are currently in use by the scientific community.
