More from Philip Johnson

  1. 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 look back t…
  2. Philip Johnson on Frank Lloyd Wright - He's the greatest architect of the nineteenth century.
  3. I am a whore and I am paid very well for high-rise buildings.
  4. The Michelangelos of this world are not to be imitated; it is too difficult, and too dangerous.
  5. The people with money to build today are corporations -- they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.
  6. The duty of the artist is to strain against the bonds of the existing style.
  7. Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
  8. The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That's all.

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