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Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

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Philip Johnson
Age: 98 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 8
Died: 2005
Died: January 25
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Philip Cortelyou Johnson
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Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice.
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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.
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There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.
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We do pretty much whatever we want to.
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Pick very few objects and place them exactly.
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Architecture is art, nothing else.
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