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. — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
Architecture, either practically considered or viewed as an art of taste, is a subject so important and comprehensive in itself, that volumes would be… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
Plant spacious parks in your cities, and loose their gates as wide as the morning, to the whole people. — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
Man toils, and strives, and wastes his little life to claim-- At last the transient glory of a splendid name, And have, perchance, in… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
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… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
He who owns a wood of proper land in this country, and, in the face of all the personal riches of the day, only… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
Fine fruit is the flower of commodities. It is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows. Trees… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
