"Architecture is the art of how to waste space."
"Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston."
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Philip Johnson
Architect
Philip Johnson was a pioneering architect known for his role in modernism and his iconic work, the Glass House, which redefined architectural transparency.
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"To me, the drive for monumentality is as inbred as the desire for food and sex, regardless of how we denigrate it. Monuments differ in different periods. Each age has its own."
"I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?"
"All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space."
"The future of architecture is culture."
"I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original."