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Philip Johnson quotes: Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

Philip Johnson quotes: I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

Philip Johnson quotes: We do pretty much whatever we want to.

We do pretty much whatever we want to.

Philip Johnson quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

Philip Johnson quotes: Architecture is art, nothing else.

Architecture is art, nothing else.

Philip Johnson quotes: Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.

Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.

Philip Johnson quotes: I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.

I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.

Philip Johnson quotes: The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

Philip Johnson quotes: Dullness is the enemy.

Dullness is the enemy.

Philip Johnson quotes: You cannot not know history.

You cannot not know history.

Philip Johnson quotes: The best thing to do with water is to use a lot of it.

The best thing to do with water is to use a lot of it.

Philip Johnson quotes: In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life

In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life

Philip Johnson quotes: I'm about four skyscrapers behind.

I'm about four skyscrapers behind.

Philip Johnson quotes: Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.

Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.

Philip Johnson quotes: I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.

I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.

Philip Johnson quotes: Pick very few objects and place them exactly.

Pick very few objects and place them exactly.

Philip Johnson quotes: All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

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.

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.

Philip Johnson quotes: So now the floodgates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes.

So now the floodgates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes.

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 quotes: I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

Philip Johnson quotes: I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

Philip Johnson quotes: Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

Philip Johnson quotes: The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.

The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.

Philip Johnson quotes: There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.

There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.

Philip Johnson quotes: 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 quotes: I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.

I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.

Philip Johnson quotes: 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 quotes: American megalomania is largely responsible for the growth of the Skyscraper School.

American megalomania is largely responsible for the growth of the Skyscraper School.

Philip Johnson quotes: Doing a house is so much harder than doing a skyscraper.

Doing a house is so much harder than doing a skyscraper.

Philip Johnson quotes: I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

Philip Johnson quotes: I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral.

I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral.

Philip Johnson quotes: Glibness will get your anywhere.

Glibness will get your anywhere.

Philip Johnson quotes: We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.

We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.

Philip Johnson quotes: Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing.

Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing.

Philip Johnson quotes: If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.

Philip Johnson quotes: The future of architecture is culture.

The future of architecture is culture.

Philip Johnson quotes: The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of City architecture.

The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of City architecture.