Tibor Kalman Quotes
- When you make something no one hates, no one loves it.
- Perspective is a moment in time that cannot be fully appreciated until that moment has passed.
- If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.
- Design is just language and the real issue is what you use that language to do.
- What is said determines who listens and who understands. Graphic design is a language, but graphic designers are so busy worrying about the nuances -…
- You'll never go wrong when you work with someone smarter than you.
- The difference between good design and great design is INTELLIGENCE
- Edits are very important to me - they're the way in which I work on everything.
- I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge.
- I use contrary-ism in every part of my life.
- I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.
- I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories.
- No matter what your cultural sophistication or what language you speak, everyone can understand images.
- Pictures are so good at giving people information that they're not looking for.
- Good designers are no longer satisfied in taking the manuscript from someone and making it look nice. One of the things that I've tried to…
- I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying; we talk about…
- If someone is going to permit me to make a publication that is politically and culturally progressive and not tell me to put their favorite…
- Think like an artist. Dress like an insurance salesman.
- Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever.
- The perfect state of creative bliss is having power (you are 50) and knowing nothing (you are 9). This assures an interesting and successful outcome.