88 Quotes by Philip Johnson

The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of City architecture.

We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.

We do pretty much whatever we want to.

The future of architecture is culture.

The best thing to do with water is to use a lot of it.

Pick very few objects and place them exactly.

So now the floodgates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes.

I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set standards, make everyone else itch to emulate.

American megalomania is largely responsible for the growth of the Skyscraper School.