Tibor Kalman

By definition, when you make something no one hates, no one loves it.

— Tibor Kalman

Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever.

— Tibor Kalman

I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying;…

— Tibor Kalman

Pictures are so good at giving people information that they're not looking for.

— Tibor Kalman

Some people... cling to the idea that the photograph is an inherently real or honest image and as such is always on…

— Tibor Kalman

If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.

— Tibor Kalman

What is said determines who listens and who understands. Graphic design is a language, but graphic designers are so busy worrying about…

— Tibor Kalman

I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.

— Tibor Kalman

The perfect state of creative bliss is having power (you are 50) and knowing nothing (you are 9). This assures an interesting…

— Tibor Kalman

You'll never go wrong when you work with someone smarter than you.

— Tibor Kalman

The difference between good design and great design is INTELLIGENCE

— Tibor Kalman

To me, nothing is more vibrant than having the power to do something but not having the experience of knowing what's right…

— Tibor Kalman

I believe that this whole question of some photography being true and some untrue is a non-question. Photography is not objective; it…

— Tibor Kalman

I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories.

— Tibor Kalman

Consumer culture is contradiction in terms

— Tibor Kalman

When you make something no one hates, no one loves it.

— Tibor Kalman

Perspective is a moment in time that cannot be fully appreciated until that moment has passed.

— Tibor Kalman

Let's face it: we live at a time when government is less and less powerful, less and less effective, and the agent…

— Tibor Kalman

Good designers are no longer satisfied in taking the manuscript from someone and making it look nice. One of the things that…

— Tibor Kalman

I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge.

— Tibor Kalman

Think like an artist. Dress like an insurance salesman.

— Tibor Kalman

We don't talk about planes flying. We talk about them crashing.

— Tibor Kalman

No matter what your cultural sophistication or what language you speak, everyone can understand images.

— Tibor Kalman

If someone is going to permit me to make a publication that is politically and culturally progressive and not tell me to…

— Tibor Kalman

“We live in a society and a culture and an economic model that tries to make everything look right. Look at computers.…

— Tibor Kalman