All Philip Johnson Quotes
- Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody. Absolutely
- I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life. All
- Pick very few objects and place them exactly. Exactly
- The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must eat,… Agriculture
- When a building is as good as that one, f#*@ the art. Architecture
- The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds. Complete
- We do pretty much whatever we want to. Funny
- Doing a house is so much harder than doing a skyscraper. Harder
- Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating. Build
- I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I? Art
- Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight… All
- Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in… Any
- It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know,… Bed
- Architecture is art, nothing else. Architecture
- Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space. Architecture
- I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner. Chameleon
- I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral. Ask
- Glibness will get your anywhere. Anywhere
- I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original. From
- If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect. Architect
- I get between nine and ten hours of sleep. Go to bed at 8:30 and get up at 6:00 or 6:30 if I oversleep. Bed
- Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston. All
- The future of architecture is culture. Architecture
- There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun. Age
- I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I… Absolute