Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business.

Quote by Philip Johnson

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I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

I'm about four skyscrapers behind.

I'm about four skyscrapers behind.

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can...

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can...

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response...

The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response...

I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.

I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination...

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination...