Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnsonwas an influential American architect. He is especially known for his postmodern work from the 1980s and beyond, as well as his collaborations with John Burgee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth8 July 1906
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Philip Johnson quotes about
scary intellectual doctrine
In our greatest universities, naturalism - the doctrine that nature is all there is - is the virtually unquestioned assumption that underlies not only natural science but intellectual work of all kinds.
mean scary materialism
Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing.
scary process materials
In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life
reality law scary
Scientific naturalism is a story that reduces reality to physical particles and impersonal laws, [and] portrays life as a meaningless competition among organisms that exist only to survive and reproduce.
mean scary evolution
[Evolution] doesn't mean God-guided, gradual creation. It means unguided, purposeless change. The Darwinian theory doesn't say that God created slowly. It says that naturalistic evolution is the creator, and so God had nothing to do with it.
years people house
Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years ago, but they did enjoy the music.
design wish cathedrals
I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral.
gadflies chameleon
I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.
consistency mind lines
The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.
children frank havens
I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.
thinking looks purpose
In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients, although that's a popular approach. First, I think of every building in history that has been similar in purpose. Then I think of the functional program - that's a major part of the study.
Glibness will get your anywhere.
sleep nine bed
I get between nine and ten hours of sleep. Go to bed at 8:30 and get up at 6:00 or 6:30 if I oversleep.
beautiful purpose building
Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.