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 someone if we want to stay in business.
About Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnsonwas an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York City, designed for AT&T; 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago; the Sculpture Garden of New York City’s Museum of Modern Art; and the Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks.
More quotes from Philip Johnson
All architects want to live beyond their deaths.
American architect (1906-2005)
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
American architect (1906-2005)
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 someone if we want to stay in business.
American architect (1906-2005)
I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?
American architect (1906-2005)
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.
American architect (1906-2005)
I’m about four skyscrapers behind.
American architect (1906-2005)