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> [There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/there-is-no-design-without-discipline-there-is-no-discipline-without/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

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## Other authors on Best design

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## More by Massimo Vignelli

> [The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you-know-it-used-to-be-the/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [Graphic Design is the communication of information in an appropriate visual manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/graphic-design-is-the-communication-of-information-in-an-appropriate/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [I'm not a designer, I'm a sifter. I can sift everything, all the time. My sift level lines keep shaking all the time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/i-m-not-a-designer-i-m-a-sifter-i-can-sift-everything-all-the-time-my/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [If you can design one thing, you can design everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/if-you-can-design-one-thing-you-can-design-everything/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [The scale relates to everything. The thickness of a pipe, the thickness of a leg of the furniture. Even color could have a scale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/the-scale-relates-to-everything-the-thickness-of-a-pipe-the-thickness/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [You can reach timelessness if you look for the essence of things and not the appearance. The appearance is transitory — the appearance is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/you-can-reach-timelessness-if-you-look-for-the-essence-of-things-and/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [I started very early. I started to be interested in design when I was 14 years old, basically, and before I was just like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/i-started-very-early-i-started-to-be-interested-in-design-when-i-was/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [Good design is ubiquitous and forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/good-design-is-ubiquitous-and-forever/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [One life is too short for doing everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/one-life-is-too-short-for-doing-everything/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [It’s not important to develop your own style but your own approach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/it-s-not-important-to-develop-your-own-style-but-your-own-approach/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [If you paint a building shocking pink, that has no scale, it is just a huge mistake, but it's not in the scale of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/if-you-paint-a-building-shocking-pink-that-has-no-scale-it-is-just-a/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [If you do it right, it will last forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/if-you-do-it-right-it-will-last-forever/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [In design, be logical, search for truth, be clear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/in-design-be-logical-search-for-truth-be-clear/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/there-is-no-design-without-discipline-there-is-no-discipline-without/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

> [I don't think that type should be expressive at all. I can write the word 'dog' with any typeface and it doesn't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/i-don-t-think-that-type-should-be-expressive-at-all-i-can-write-the/)

[Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/)

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