Erik Spiekermann

You are what you are seen to be.

— Erik Spiekermann

Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.

— Erik Spiekermann

The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.

— Erik Spiekermann

Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything.

— Erik Spiekermann

“I love to be a graphic designer, but could we get rid of clients somehow please?”

— Erik Spiekermann

I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible.

— Erik Spiekermann

Designers like even grayness, which is the worst thing for a reader.

— Erik Spiekermann

They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out…

— Erik Spiekermann

I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like…

— Erik Spiekermann

Inherent quality is part of absolute quality and without it things will appear shoddy. The users may not know why, but they…

— Erik Spiekermann

As we say in Berlin, there are many ways to bake a parrot.

— Erik Spiekermann

These days, information is a commodity being sold. And designers-including the newly defined subset of information designers and information architects-have a responsible…

— Erik Spiekermann

The materials shape your idea.

— Erik Spiekermann