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Quote by Philip Johnson
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? – Philip Johnson

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All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. – Philip Johnson

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