"I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point."

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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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