Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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's Popular Quotes

Glibness will get your anywhere.

- Philip Johnson

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to som…

- Philip Johnson

I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.

- Philip Johnson

The future of architecture is culture.

- Philip Johnson

Doing a house is so much harder than doing a skyscraper.

- Philip Johnson

Architecture is art, nothing else.

- Philip Johnson

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

- Philip Johnson

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

- Philip Johnson

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

- Philip Johnson