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Sylvia Crowe Quotes

1901–1997 England

Dame Sylvia Crowe, DBE (15 September 1901 – 30 June 1997) was an English landscape architect, garden designer, author, and president of the Institute of Landscape Architects from 1957 to 1959. She was appointed in 1967 Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and in 1973 Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE).

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According to the type of terrain and the voltage of the line, burying them may cost anything from twice to sixteen times that of overhead lines.

Playing water is the only element, besides birds and human beings, which brings life and movement into the garden, while an expanse of still water gives a unique sense of space and unity. It clarifies a design by accentuating the basic level to which all else relates.

The provision of adequate fast and pleasant traffic roads, could be combined with low speed-limits for by-roads. This would reduce both the temptation to through-traffic to use the by-roads and the danger and unpleasantness caused by those did use them.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sylvia Crowe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.