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Distant effects
Oct. 7th, 2009 08:58 amRandom quote of the day:
"I have all my life been considering distant effects and always sacrificing immediate success and applause to that of the future. In laying out Central Park we determined to think of no result to be realized in less than forty years."
—Frederick Law Olmsted, letter to his son, Frederick Jr., September 5, 1890
(This is an interesting letter, btw. He was fully aware that he probably would not live to see whatever reputation he might gain, that it would grow with time, blooming decades later like his plantings in Central Park.)
( Illustrated version. )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
"I have all my life been considering distant effects and always sacrificing immediate success and applause to that of the future. In laying out Central Park we determined to think of no result to be realized in less than forty years."
—Frederick Law Olmsted, letter to his son, Frederick Jr., September 5, 1890
(This is an interesting letter, btw. He was fully aware that he probably would not live to see whatever reputation he might gain, that it would grow with time, blooming decades later like his plantings in Central Park.)
( Illustrated version. )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.