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I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs - at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.
Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
Born: Jul 8, 1906
Died: Jan 25, 2005

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Thought, Looking, Looking Back, Beauty, Back, Earth, Embellish, Thrill, Shapes, Generations, Like, Look, Cathedral, Greater, Leave, Get, Same, Here

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