"I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright."

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Source: Philip Johnson: What I've Learned. Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.

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Philip Johnson

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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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