"Pick very few objects and place them exactly."

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Source : "Philip Johnson: What I've Learned". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.

Philip Johnson

“My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism.”

Source : "Delay Leads Intense Push for Jewish Voters" by Tom Curry, www.nbcnews.com. September 01, 2004.
“A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.”
“I first met Jelly Roll in Chicago. He was livin' high then. You know, Jelly was a travelin' cat, sharp and good lookin' and always about he wrote this and that and the other thing - in fact, everything!”
“The body you're given, the mind you're given, the morality and the hang ups you're given, they're yours. Deal with it.”
“You don't have any problems, all you need is faith in God.”
“I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.”
“Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Do they sense it, these dead writers, when their books are read? Does a pinprick of light appear in their darkness? Is their soul stirred by the feather touch of another mind reading theirs? I do hope so.”

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