Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“A plain circular bullet is widely disdained for its banality.” — Carolina de Bartolo Copy Share Image
I have solved what color is, however ; I still have no idea about what line is. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated. — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture. — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography… — Emil Ruder Copy Share Image
We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time / Reach For the Sky, 'cause tomorrow may never come. — Mike Ness Copy Share Image
If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear. — Jef Raskin Copy Share Image
That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and… — Eric Carle Copy Share Image
The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong. — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
“A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38)” — Woodrow Phoenix Copy Share Image
3 requirements for a good designer: 1. genuine knowledge and love of great design. 2. sound knowledge of principles and techniques of communication. 3. heart (passion). — Lester Beall Copy Share Image
The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect, conditioned to prefer bad design, because that… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
“Twenty-six letters: Marjorie Morningstar or Ulysses. The man-made world means exactly that. There isn't an inch of it that doesn't have to… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
In the beginning I was really, really lean. For the longest time I did it all. I played every hat. I was… — Lori Greiner Copy Share Image
“Penguin Classic, with the orange bands at the top and bottom; and the Gill Sans thirty-sixpoint title, all caps, centered and medium… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
In order to educate man to a new longing, everyday familiar objects must be shown to him with totally unexpected perspectives and… — Alexander Rodchenko Copy Share Image
In A Life In Books, author and graphic design visionary Warren Lehrer crafts a vivid kaleidoscopic odyssey that frames one man’s life… — Jessica Helfand Copy Share Image
I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I've come up through art school, through painting, through graphic design, through advertising, through TV commercials and music video. I've designed books,… — Tony Kaye Copy Share Image
I decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that… — Dayo Okeniyi Copy Share Image
“6. Graphic design skills • Look at the models, drawings and sketches of a proposed scheme to understand the placement of graphics.… — Philip Hughes Copy Share Image
Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
I love the idea of engaging the object, whether it be architecture or a piece of good graphic design, or a good… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
“We are the Western World. We read, see, think. Left. To. Right. We can't help it. ..The problem with Top to Bottom… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
“Even when you do nothing, you are doing something. Be aware of your decisions and what they mean for the book you… — Armand Mevis Copy Share Image
A great emotion is too selfish ; it takes into itself all the blood of the spirit, and the congestion leaves the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Extremist material of any kind always looks gaudy and cheap, like a bad pizza menu. Not because they can't afford decent computers… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Students generally have very little idea of the world they are entering into, and their teachers - like parents - are viewed… — Marian Bantjes Copy Share Image
