Quotes by Frederick Law Olmsted

About Frederick Law Olmsted:

Frederick Law Olmsted is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his senior partner Calvert Vaux, including Prospect Park and Central Park in New York City, as well as Elm Park (Worcester, Massachusetts), considered by many to be the first municipal park in America.
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The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

Frederick Law Olmsted

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.

Frederick Law Olmsted

This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.

Frederick Law Olmsted

Author Bio

  • NameFrederick Law Olmsted
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer
  • BornApril 26, 1822
  • DiedAugust 28, 1903
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBotanist; Landscape Architect