“I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other archite...” — Philip Johnson Quote

“I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.”

“Processionalism is primary - how you get from one place to another, the relationships and effects of spaces as you move about in them. That's worked out awfully well in the State Theater. I'm a 'straight-in' man myself; I'm too nervous, I like to know where I am. I also like to know where I'm going.”

“I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.”

“Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.”

“Architects typically inherit programmes or sites. We maybe twist the programme a little bit, bring our own invention into it, and we feel perfectly happy when we walk away. It doesn't feel like quite enough.”

“I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods.”