Philip Johnson Quotes

Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You'd be surprised when you go into a room that has no straight line - how marvelous it is that you can feel the walls talking back to you, as it were.

Philip Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArchitectureWallsTalkingYouBody

In Kansas I have a chess school.

Anatoly Karpov

SchoolChessKansas

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

John Major

QueenYouForgetDoesNeither

The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time.

Ang Lee

TimeGoWillWayTalkScene

We're guided by consumer data, and it helps give us the confidence to invest where the consumer is going.

Steve Easterbrook

ConfidenceDataWhereUsGoingGive

Although working with Amitabh Bacchan was a different experience altogether, I just enjoyed it.

Soundarya

ExperienceWorkingDifferentJust

If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century.

Ruth Bernhard

BeautyBecauseSensualChosenBeen

Music had always been a kind of anchor for me. But I didn't write my first song till I was 35.

Mary Gauthier

MusicMeSongKindAnchorFirst

Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic policies were instituted is abysmal, okay?

Jay Carney

MeSayOkayHappenEconomicJust

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.

Joseph Barbera

MarriageYearsImpulsiveBeenShould

Remember: If you don't schmooze, you lose. Used wisely, a bit of chitchat helps create a personal connection with your boss and colleagues.

Chris Gardner

BossColleaguesRememberYouLose

One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

PetIdeasWorldThinkPlasticBig

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

Ricky Martin

FaithBeautifulSoulSomeoneYou

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