Philip Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Philip Johnson quotes and sayings page 4 (deceased architect born on Jul 8, 1906). Here's quote # 31 through 40 out of the 44 we have for him.
“There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.”
“I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.”
“I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.”
“I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.”
“I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral.”
“There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.”
“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.”
“You cannot not know history.”
“I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.”
“Processionalism is primary - how you get from one place to another, the relationships and effects of spaces as you move about in them. That's worked out awfully well in the State Theater. I'm a 'straight-in' man myself; I'm too nervous, I like to know where I am. I also like to know where I'm going.”
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