Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
J. B. Jackson
Born: September 25, 1909
Died: August 28, 1996 (aged 86)
Bio: John Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Jackson, J. B. Jackson, was a writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist in landscape design. Herbert Muschamp, architecture critic of the New York Times, stated that J. B.
Known for:
- Discovering the vernacular landscape (1984)
- The necessity for ruins, and other topics (1980)
- A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time (1994)
- Landscape in sight
- A Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names (1987)