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
art gives life
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.
art architecture
Architecture is art, nothing else.
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.
art badass bad-ass
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
art space design
Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
art building should
I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?
art architecture building
When a building is as good as that one, f#*@ the art.
architecture disservice painting profession sale
The sale of the painting is a disservice to artists, to art, to architecture, to the architecture profession and to the public,
design industrial raymond
Raymond started industrial design and the streamlining movement,
alabama chance heard moment noble ought rest students
From the moment I heard about it, I thought that this was something we really should do. It's a noble purpose, and our students ought to get a chance to travel, get out of Alabama and see some of the rest of the world and the way they live.
I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.
blatant treated
It is just blatant aggravation. I've never been treated this way before.
ask beware future might patent start worried
If we start watering down the patent system... I'm worried about the future of our country. Beware of what you ask for, you might get it.
spiritual religious inspiration
The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must eat, one must have shelter. Next to religious worship itself, it is the spiritual handmaiden of our deepest convictions.