Philip Johnson Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 8, 1906 - January 25, 2005

Topics

GreatArchitectureSpaceDesign

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson

CourageYourselfOthersShareKeep

The 'indistinguishable from magic' thing is highly dependent on where a viewer is looking from and not something intrinsic to any particular sort of tech.

Ann Leckie

LookingMagicWhereSomethingTech

Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.

Sophocles

LifeGriefManHappySufferingEnd

I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show?

Sonny Rollins

PeopleThinkTelevisionJazzNeed

Hillary Clinton is one of the most compelling figures in the world today... and Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait shows us, for the first time, the true trajectory of her life and career.

Sonny Mehta

LifeTodayTimeWorldPortraitTrue

It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'.

Robbie Coltrane

TimeSchoolYouBackKnowAutumn

They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.

Mike Schmidt

LoveSportsMeHellStatisticsKnow

The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever. It's not simply just about systems; it's an emotional reaction to seeing animals or people suffering.

Mike White

PeopleSufferingMeCrazyDrive

No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

Martin Van Buren

EvilResultMoreThanInhibition

I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.

Marvin Gaye

I AmMeEnoughCompanyYearsFans

There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.

Chris Fussell

Doing The Right ThingDoingRight

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me.

David Walliams

MyselfLosingChildMeBookLoved

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