Just how much of a Nazi was Philip Johnson?
Mark Thibodeau
jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
Thu Nov 8 12:26:33 CST 2018
What... wait... the architect?!
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:41 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://archpaper.com/2018/11/mark-lamster-philip-johnson-man-glass-house/
>
> Quotes from The Man in the Glass House, released today, author Mark
> Lamster, that provide insight into Philip Johnson's Nazi past:
>
> “The Nazis were ‘Daylight into the ever-darkening atmosphere of
> contemporary America.’” Philip Johnson, pg. 165
>
> “Submission to an artistic dictator is better than an anarchy of selfish
> personal opinion.” PJ, pg. 93
>
> “When interviewed in 1942, Johnson’s former secretary Ruth Merrill told the
> FBI that Johnson believed ‘the fate of the country’ rested on his
> shoulders, and that he wanted to be the ‘Hitler’ in the United States.”
> ML, pg. 139
>
> David Morris
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