Philip Johnson

I got my ideas from other people. I'm a thief. I'm a magpie. I steal from everybody.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

You cannot not know history. If you don't know history, you are not an architect.

I don't believe in principles, I believe in taste.

All architecture is shelter. All great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

The first rule of architecture is to be interesting, and the second rule is to be interesting, and the third rule is to be interesting. And then, and only then, can you start to think about other things.

Architecture is not about the material, it's about the space.

I like to be controversial. I like to make people think.

The job of the architect is to create beautiful buildings. The job of the critic is to tell us why they are beautiful.

I'm a very superficial person. I like surfaces. I like things that look good.

Architecture is the organization of space.

The International Style is not a style. It is a point of view.

Less is more, but only when more is no good.

I don't design buildings. I design spaces.

Architecture is a dangerous profession. We are always dealing with the future.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

I'm a whore. I'll do anything for money.

Architecture is not about the past, it's about the future.

I'm not a modernist. I'm not a postmodernist. I'm an architect.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.