Author: Philip Johnson

Quotes

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

- Philip Johnson

The future of architecture is culture.

The future of architecture is culture.

- Philip Johnson

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 be pretty boring.

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 be pretty boring.

- Philip Johnson

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.

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.

- Philip Johnson

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

- Philip Johnson

Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.

Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.

- Philip Johnson

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

- Philip Johnson

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

- Philip Johnson

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.

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.

- Philip Johnson

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