"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"

This quote by Philip Johnson is an amusing way of comparing the work of a designer to that of a woman of the street. Johnson is implying that, like a woman of the street, a designer should accept specific jobs in order to remain in business. However, similar to a woman of the street can decline specific customers, an architect can also refuse particular jobs. Johnson is recommending that, although there is a certain level of autonomy in the decision-making procedure, both professions should eventually accept certain jobs in order to remain effective. This quote is a humorous method of highlighting the resemblances in between the 2 occupations and the need to make compromises in order to stay in business.