Johnson
Johnson
Johnson is a surname of English origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John". The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh has favoured". The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints...
pride people corporations
The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.
want
We do pretty much whatever we want to.
mold riches twists
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.
bother happens
Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.
objects picks
Pick very few objects and place them exactly.
cities architecture automobile
The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of City architecture.
anything-goes delight form
So now the floodgates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes.
consistency mind lines
The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.
cities people challenges
Maybe, just maybe, we shall at last come to care for the most important, most challenging, surely the most satisfying of all architectural creations: building cities for people to live in.
gadflies chameleon
I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.
scary process materials
In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life
tradition
I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.
cities houston building
Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.
spiritual religious inspiration
The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must eat, one must have shelter. Next to religious worship itself, it is the spiritual handmaiden of our deepest convictions.