88 Quotes by 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.

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring.

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

It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

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.