Stefan Sagmeister Quotes

22 quotes in 387 categories

• You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design. Art
• Complaining is silly. Either act or forget. Act
• Work your ass off. Don't be an asshole. Ass
• Having guts always works out for me. Always Works
• It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff — as much stuff as possible — with as little fear… Beginning
• At the opening of our exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York we featured a wall of 10,000 bananas. Green bananas created a pattern against… All
• The conventional wisdom in our business is that you have to grow and keep moving to survive. We never grew, always stayed tiny, and it… Afterwards
• To touch somebody’s heart with design. Design
• Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on. Beginning
• Everyone who is honest is interesting. Everyone
• I discovered that I never really used Helvetica but I like to look at it. I like the VW beetle, too, although I've never driven… Beetle
• My granddad wanted to become a sign painter and designer, but was stopped; my dad would have had a real talent for language, but was… Dad
• Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans. Ensure
• Everybody thinks they are right Everybody
• To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. Good
• I run a design studio in New York. Every seven years, I close it for one year to pursue some little experiments, things that are… Accomplish
• You could say that bad typography brought us the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the housing crisis and a good number of other things. Afghanistan
• There are brands out there in the world that have an incredible influence on the culture. Numerous ones are badly done. Badly
• I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about the topic helpful… Audience
• U.K. psychologist Daniel Nettle thinks of happiness as a carrot on a stick, designed by evolution to show the right way, and also designed so… All

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