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Philip Johnson

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.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

Glibness will get your anywhere.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

I’m a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

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

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

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.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

I get between nine and ten hours of sleep. Go to bed at 8:30 and get up at 6:00 or 6:30 if I oversleep.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

The people with money to build today are corporations – they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

How does an artist know when the line that he just painted is good or not good? That’s the catch. De Kooning was the greatest of my contemporaries in art, and he knew when he’d done a good line. When he didn’t, he threw it away. I wish I’d thrown away some of mine.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

Faith? Haven’t any. I’m not a nihilist or a relativist. I don’t believe in anything but change. I’m a Heraclitean – you can’t step in the same river twice.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

I haven’t any wisdom – just a child like everybody else. I’m not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

– Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears the way Beethoven’s ‘Eighth’ does?

– Philip Johnson

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