--- title: "Best Chip Kidd Quotes" description: "Charles Kidd is an American graphic designer, editor and author, best known for his book covers. As of 2024, he is the vice president and art director a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chip-kidd-23274.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chip Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chip-kidd-23274.jpg) # Chip Kidd (1964) Designer United States **43** quotes in **279** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chip Kidd is a designer from the United States, best known for *The learners: the book after "The cheese monkeys"*. ## Quick Facts About Chip Kidd Born September 12, 1964 Nationality United States Profession Designer Notable works The learners: the book after "The cheese monkeys" Known for Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan, Batman Animated Spouse J. D. McClatchy ## About Chip Kidd Charles Kidd is an American graphic designer, editor and author, best known for his book covers. As of 2024, he is the vice president and art director at Knopf and editor-at-large for graphic novels at Pantheon. He is the author of two novels and numerous non-fiction books on comics and graphic design, with a particular interest in DC's Batman series. Kidd is the recipient of five Eisner Awards, the 2014 AIGA Medal and the 2007 American National Design Award for communication design. ## Awards & Honors National Design Awards Inkpot Award AIGA Medal ## Quotes by Chip Kidd · Page 2 > [What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-kidd/what-people-really-want-no-matter-who-they-are-is-someone-to-listen/) [Chip Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-kidd/) [Dirt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dirt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/chip-kidd-15285_dirt_what-people-really-want-no-matter-who-th_404114.jpg) > [“I've been drawing shoes,' said Sketch, evoking a fireman who's been searching the smoking hulks of scorched buildings for burn victims, 'and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-kidd/i-ve-been-drawing-shoes-said-sketch-evoking-a-fireman-who-s-been/) [Chip Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-kidd/) [Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/chip-kidd-15285_quote_i-ve-been-drawing-shoes-said-sketch-evok_2095789.jpg) > [“On the first day of class, the Visual Arts building reclined before me like an old brick whore, egging me to show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-kidd/on-the-first-day-of-class-the-visual-arts-building-reclined-before-me/) [Chip Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-kidd/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/chip-kidd-15285_art_on-the-first-day-of-class-the-visual-art_137083.jpg) ## Chip Kidd by topic [Design (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/design/chip-kidd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-kidd/#itemlist", "name": "Chip Kidd Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however trivial, and if you're simply willing to sit there like a sack of dirt and let them yammer, they will tell it to you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chip Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-kidd/what-people-really-want-no-matter-who-they-are-is-someone-to-listen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/chip-kidd-15285_dirt_what-people-really-want-no-matter-who-th_404114.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/chip-kidd-15285_dirt_what-people-really-want-no-matter-who-th_404114.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/chip-kidd-15285_dirt_what-people-really-want-no-matter-who-th_404114.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on…” — Chip Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I've been drawing shoes,' said Sketch, evoking a fireman who's been searching the smoking hulks of scorched buildings for burn victims, 'and it's been going feetingly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chip Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-kidd/i-ve-been-drawing-shoes-said-sketch-evoking-a-fireman-who-s-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/chip-kidd-15285_quote_i-ve-been-drawing-shoes-said-sketch-evok_2095789.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/chip-kidd-15285_quote_i-ve-been-drawing-shoes-said-sketch-evok_2095789.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/chip-kidd-15285_quote_i-ve-been-drawing-shoes-said-sketch-evok_2095789.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been drawing shoes,' said Sketch, evoking a fireman who's been searching the smoking hulks of scorched…” — Chip Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On the first day of class, the Visual Arts building reclined before me like an old brick whore, egging me to show her one, last, good time. 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