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There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.

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Philip Johnson
Age: 98 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 8
Died: 2005
Died: January 25
Architect
Art Historian
Cleveland
Ohio
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Phillip Johnson
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I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.
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I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.
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Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.
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Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.
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