Quote#Happiness
Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment; cares…
Quote byJohn James Audubon · 1785–1851
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On his life at Mill Grove, in Pennsylvania in "Audubon's Story of His Youth" edited by Maria R. Audubon, in Scribner's Magazine Vol. XIII, No. 3, (March 1893), p. 278.
English (original)
Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment; cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be.
— John James Audubon
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