Quote#Books & Reading
I cannot write at all, but if I could how could I make a little book,…
Quote byJohn James Audubon · 1785–1851
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Journal entry in Audubon and His Journals (1897), edited by Maria R. Audubon, Vol. I, "The European Journals 1826 - 1829", p. 184.
English (original)
I cannot write at all, but if I could how could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? I will not write at all.
— John James Audubon
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