Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnsonwas an influential American architect. He is especially known for his postmodern work from the 1980s and beyond, as well as his collaborations with John Burgee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth8 July 1906
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
glasses house saving
Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.
moving doors tears
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 the way Beethoven's 'Eighth' does?
house skyscraper harder
Doing a house is so much harder than doing a skyscraper.
positive thank-god world
We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.
want
We do pretty much whatever we want to.
arrogant architect modest
If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.
art wish doe
How does an artist know when the line that he just painted is good or not good? That's the catch. De Kooning was the greatest of my contemporaries in art, and he knew when he'd done a good line. When he didn't, he threw it away. I wish I'd thrown away some of mine.
style would-be 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.
country nice glasses
It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.
culture architecture
The future of architecture is culture.
mistake feelings realizing
There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.
originals
I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.
badass bad-ass space
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.
funny beach hate
I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?