Will Johnson
Will Johnson
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?
art badass bad-ass
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
water use things-to-do
The best thing to do with water is to use a lot of it.
objects picks
Pick very few objects and place them exactly.
tradition
I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.