Andrew Jackson Downing Quotes

• Plantad espaciosos parques en vuestras ciudades, y abrid sus puertas tan anchas como la mañana, a todo el pueblo.

  Andrew Jackson Downing

  Morning, Cities, People

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• Fine fruit is the flower of commodities. It is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows. Trees full of soft foliage; blossoms fresh with spring bounty; and, finally, fruit, rich, bloom-dusted, melting, and luscious.

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  Bella, Primavera, Flor

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• La arquitectura, ya sea considerada en la práctica o como un arte del gusto, es un tema tan importante y amplio en sí mismo, que se necesitarían volúmenes para hacerle justicia. Edificios de todo tipo, desde la humilde cabaña hasta el elevado templo, son objetos de tan constante recurrencia en todas las partes habitables del globo, y son tan sorprendentemente indicativos de la inteligencia, el carácter y el gusto de los habitantes, que poseen en sí mismos un gran interés peculiar para la mente.

  Andrew Jackson Downing

  Art, Humble, Character

  Andrew Jackson Downing, Henry Winthrop Sargent (1859). “A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America: with a view to the improvement of country residences”, p.318

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• He who owns a wood of proper land in this country, and, in the face of all the personal riches of the day, only raises crabs and choke pears, deserves to lose the respect of all sensible men.

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  Country, Men, Garden

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• Man toils, and strives, and wastes his little life to claim-- At last the transient glory of a splendid name, And have, perchance, in marble mockery a bust, Poised on a pedestal, above his sleeping dust.

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  Sleep, Men, Dust

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• Fear not, too much, an open enemy; He is consistent--always at his post; But watchful be of him who holds the key Of your own heart, and flatters you the most.

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  Heart, Keys, Enemy

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