Philip Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.”

“Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You'd be surprised when you go into a room that has no straight line - how marvelous it is that you can feel the walls talking back to you, as it were.”

“All architects want to live beyond their deaths.”

“I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.”

“Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.”

“I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?”

“Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.”

“I'm about four skyscrapers behind.”

“The future of architecture is culture.”

“I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.”