Philip Johnson Quotes

Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears the way Beethoven's 'Eighth' does?

Philip Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TearsBuildingDoorsYouBuildWay

I feel non-stop Brit shame!

John Oliver

FeelShameI FeelNon-Stop

On TV, the nitty-gritty of trials takes place between commercial breaks, whereas, of course, reality is infinitely more complex. True crime also makes us more empathetic.

Robert Rinder

RealityPlaceTrueCrimeTrialsUs

Africa's not a color - it's a place.

Trevor Noah

ColorPlaceAfrica

Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught music or tap dancing that way.

Tom Wolfe

MusicCollegeWritingNobodyGoWay

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines.

Mindy Kaling

ArtPeopleMeLaughYouTelevision

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

Lord Byron

HappinessJoyWinBornShareMust

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?

Jules Verne

FutureGreatWaterCircleEarthNow

What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PeopleBelieveThinkPlanImportant

I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work... on a treadmill and with the weights, but it was driving me nuts. So I escaped. Tom Arnold picked me up and we went to Le Dome and had tons of desserts.

Chris Farley

WorkMeDrivingTryingLoseMonth

Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.

Colin R. Davis

SuccessCelebrityEveryoneArtists

I don't like to set myself goals because then you might fail to reach them. I just go with the flow.

Asa Butterfield

GoalsMyselfReachYouGoFlow

If a book isn't teaching me something, pulling something out of me, then it will be dull for me and the reader.

Scott Spencer

MeBookWillOutSomethingDull

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