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title: "8 Typographical Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Typographical quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Typographical sayings and thoughts."
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> [Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/poetry-is-rather-an-approach-to-things-to-life-than-it-is/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

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> [“There was something demoniacal and insuperable about typographical errors, as if they were part of the natural evil that permeated man's existence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/there-was-something-demoniacal-and-insuperable-about-typographical/)

[Patricia Highsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-highsmith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/patricia-highsmith-3982_life_there-was-something-demoniacal-and-insup_514531.jpg)

> [“What this typographical distinction should make immediately apparent in the passage is the highly subsidiary role of narration in comparison to direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-alter/what-this-typographical-distinction-should-make-immediately-apparent/)

[Robert Alter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-alter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/robert-alter-67212_communication_what-this-typographical-distinction-shou_555134.jpg)

> [Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-lissitzky/typographical-design-should-perform-optically-what-the-speaker/)

[El Lissitzky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-lissitzky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/el-lissitzky-43285_design_typographical-design-should-perform-opti_582685.png)

> [The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-esar/the-man-who-doctors-himself-with-the-aid-of-medical-books-runs-the/)

[Evan Esar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-esar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/evan-esar-1689_aids_the-man-who-doctors-himself-with-the-aid_1944763.jpg)

> [Typographical laziness was slowly destroying our culture, according to Lexa and her pals. Inexactitude was death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-westerfeld/typographical-laziness-was-slowly-destroying-our-culture-according-to/)

[Scott Westerfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-westerfeld/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/scott-westerfeld-928_culture_typographical-laziness-was-slowly-destro_2149521.png)

> [ \[On being told party guests were ducking for apples:\] There, but for a typographical error, is the story of my life. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/on-being-told-party-guests-were-ducking-for-apples-there-but-for-a/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/dorothy-parker-700_apples_on-being-told-party-guests-were-ducking_2407051.jpg)

> [Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/life-is-like-a-typographical-error-we-re-constantly-writing-and/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/bret-easton-ellis-1028_errors_life-is-like-a-typographical-error-we-re_2961231.jpg)

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