--- title: "1 Idea Simple Quotes By Saul Bass" description: "1 Idea Simple quotes by Saul Bass. Plus more from Saul Bass and more Idea Simple sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/saul-bass-9764_boring_if-it-s-simple-simple-it-s-boring-we-try_2852490.png" --- > [If it's simple simple, it's boring. We try for the idea that is so simple that it will make you think and rethink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/if-it-s-simple-simple-it-s-boring-we-try-for-the-idea-that-is-so/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/saul-bass-9764_boring_if-it-s-simple-simple-it-s-boring-we-try_2852490.png) ## More by Saul Bass > [There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I'm a working man. Perhaps I’m luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/there-is-nothing-glamorous-in-what-i-do-i-m-a-working-man-perhaps-i-m/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [The average individual lives in a high impact, complex, visual environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/the-average-individual-lives-in-a-high-impact-complex-visual/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [When a well-known creative person such as me is perceived to have created a knockoff of my own previous work, such a perception is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/when-a-well-known-creative-person-such-as-me-is-perceived-to-have/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [I began as a graphic designer. As part of my work, I created film symbols for ad campaigns. I happened to be working on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/i-began-as-a-graphic-designer-as-part-of-my-work-i-created-film/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [Dishonesty in trailers is more than a moral issue, it's a practical one. If you don't deliver in the film what you offered in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/dishonesty-in-trailers-is-more-than-a-moral-issue-it-s-a-practical/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [The products people like best start with function and wind up with look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/the-products-people-like-best-start-with-function-and-wind-up-with/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [All fliers have some concern about flying. Some handle it by 'flying' the plane. They're 'raising' the wheels, 'making' the turns and so on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/all-fliers-have-some-concern-about-flying-some-handle-it-by-flying/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [A product is often a consumer's only window to a corporation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/a-product-is-often-a-consumer-s-only-window-to-a-corporation/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [Sometimes when an idea flashes, you distrust it because it seems too easy. You qualify it with all kinds of evasive phrases because you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/sometimes-when-an-idea-flashes-you-distrust-it-because-it-seems-too/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [I've watched Spike Lee's career with interest, and he seemed to be striving for an original and moral point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/i-ve-watched-spike-lee-s-career-with-interest-and-he-seemed-to-be/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [There's nothing more damaging than an irate moviegoer who hasn't seen what the film trailer promised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/there-s-nothing-more-damaging-than-an-irate-moviegoer-who-hasn-t-seen/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [The very first pieces of film that I did were really graphic designs translated to film. Graphic designs that moved. That was a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/the-very-first-pieces-of-film-that-i-did-were-really-graphic-designs/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [My position was that the film begins with the first frame and that the film should be doing a job at that point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/my-position-was-that-the-film-begins-with-the-first-frame-and-that/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [Sometimes clients have a sophisticated view of their design problem, sometimes they do not. I often spend time with the client redefining the problem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/sometimes-clients-have-a-sophisticated-view-of-their-design-problem/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) > [I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bass/i-want-to-make-beautiful-things-even-if-nobody-cares-as-opposed-to/) [Saul Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bass/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-simple/saul-bass/#itemlist", "name": "1 Idea Simple Quotes By Saul Bass", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it's simple simple, it's boring. 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