7 Philip Johnson Quotes on Design

Philip Johnson quotes on design

2. Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

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

7. I believe in juxtaposition of the arts.

11. The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That's all.

12. I would rather stay in Chartres Cathedral with the nearest toilet two blocks away, than in a Harvard house with back-to-back bathrooms.

13. Architecture is surely not the design of space, certainly not the massing or organization of volumes. These are ancillary to the main point, which is the organization of procession. Architecture exists in time.

17. ...Comfort is not a function of beauty... purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful...sooner or later we will fit our buildings so that they can be used...where form comes from I don't know, but it has nothing at all to do with the functional or sociological aspects of our architecture.