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> [The scientists at CERN were actually surprised that people commented on this. Reportedly Fabiola Gianotti, the coordinator of the CERN program to find the Higgs Boson, was asked why she had selected Comic Sans. She simply said, "Because I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/the-scientists-at-cern-were-actually-surprised-that-people-commented/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/michael-bierut-10873_cern_the-scientists-at-cern-were-actually-sur_731372.png)

> [If you can announce the Higgs Boson in Comic Sans, clearly anybody can do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/if-you-can-announce-the-higgs-boson-in-comic-sans-clearly-anybody-can/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/michael-bierut-10873_can-do_if-you-can-announce-the-higgs-boson-in-c_1768748.png)

## More by Michael Bierut

> [I think once the artistic world of the type designer merged with the scientific world of the computer programmer, you began to see this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/i-think-once-the-artistic-world-of-the-type-designer-merged-with-the/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [If you do good work for good clients, it will lead to other good work for other good clients. If you do bad work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/if-you-do-good-work-for-good-clients-it-will-lead-to-other-good-work/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [A lot of times, you design a logo to be timeless, but with something like the Olympics, timelessness is maybe not something you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/a-lot-of-times-you-design-a-logo-to-be-timeless-but-with-something/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [I actually think it almost works the other way sometimes: making a college textbook, say, look really "user friendly" tends to also make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/i-actually-think-it-almost-works-the-other-way-sometimes-making-a/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [I'm not sure about my design work every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/i-m-not-sure-about-my-design-work-every-time/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [It's hard to predict what will happen as reading on screen becomes more of a universal norm, and when the formats dictated by social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/it-s-hard-to-predict-what-will-happen-as-reading-on-screen-becomes/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [It was stone carvers in ancient Rome, scribes in the Middle Ages, all the way through Gutenberg to the present day. That's a pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/it-was-stone-carvers-in-ancient-rome-scribes-in-the-middle-ages-all/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [Australia is one of the few places that I can think of where the cities, at least those I've been to, seem to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/australia-is-one-of-the-few-places-that-i-can-think-of-where-the/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [Most people have no idea how much goes into designing a typeface. Twenty-six letters in the alphabet, usually with two versions of each, upper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/most-people-have-no-idea-how-much-goes-into-designing-a-typeface/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [The truth about logos is that they are not that hard to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/the-truth-about-logos-is-that-they-are-not-that-hard-to-do/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [I'm always conscious of the context, the history, the specific environment of anything that I design and what it is going to be operating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/i-m-always-conscious-of-the-context-the-history-the-specific/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [For instance, I assume those "carrots" we have on our keyboards were there originally to express "greater than" and "less than." Then they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/for-instance-i-assume-those-carrots-we-have-on-our-keyboards-were/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [If you look at the Olympic graphics for Mexico or Los Angeles, those programs don't look contemporary by today's eyes but they really look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/if-you-look-at-the-olympic-graphics-for-mexico-or-los-angeles-those/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [I wanted to be a graphic designer from the time I was 15, without ever having actually met one. I lived in the mid-west,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/i-wanted-to-be-a-graphic-designer-from-the-time-i-was-15-without-ever/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

> [Compared with now when almost everyone knows what graphic design is and has some sort of access to the tools to make it, back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bierut/compared-with-now-when-almost-everyone-knows-what-graphic-design-is/)

[Michael Bierut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bierut/)

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