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> [You can't do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/you-can-t-do-better-design-with-a-computer-but-you-can-speed-up-your/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

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## More by Wim Crouwel

> [Of course design is about problem solving, but I cannot resist adding something personal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/of-course-design-is-about-problem-solving-but-i-cannot-resist-adding/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [The grid is like the lines on a football field. You can play a great game in the grid or a lousy game. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/the-grid-is-like-the-lines-on-a-football-field-you-can-play-a-great/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [This is what we've been waiting for: finally, an unprecedented critical analysis of the history of Dutch design. Mienke Simon Thomas's Dutch Design is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/this-is-what-we-ve-been-waiting-for-finally-an-unprecedented-critical/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [Living with computers gives funny ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/living-with-computers-gives-funny-ideas/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [Helvetica was a real step from the 19th century typeface... We were impressed by that because it was more neutral, and neutralism was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/helvetica-was-a-real-step-from-the-19th-century-typeface-we-were/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [You can't do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/you-can-t-do-better-design-with-a-computer-but-you-can-speed-up-your/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [You're always a child of your time, and you cannot step out of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/you-re-always-a-child-of-your-time-and-you-cannot-step-out-of-that/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [Neutrality has its own aesthetics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/neutrality-has-its-own-aesthetics/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

> [The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface, and that is why we loved Helvetica very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-crouwel/the-meaning-is-in-the-content-of-the-text-and-not-in-the-typeface-and/)

[Wim Crouwel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-crouwel/)

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