All Philip Johnson Quotes
- 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
- Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful. Beautiful
- The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build. Build
- I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people. Guess
- I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would… Architect
- You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead. Ahead
- I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can… Beauty
- There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes. Building
- So now the floodgates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes. Anything Goes
- I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set standards,… Buy
- Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Architecture
- All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. All
- All architects want to live beyond their deaths. All
- I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach? Architect
- I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright. Any
- Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears… Anybody