Design Quote by Chip Kidd

Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond,…

— Chip Kidd

I often get asked, 'Is the book dead?' It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be pure sound…

— Chip Kidd

Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness -…

— Chip Kidd

“On the first day of class, the Visual Arts building reclined before me like an old brick whore, egging me to show her one,…

— Chip Kidd

Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a…

— Chip Kidd

“(...) photography opened up quite a little Pandora's box, kiddies. (...) Once we no longer had to depend on drawing and painting to record…

— Chip Kidd

Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.

— Chip Kidd

What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however…

— Chip Kidd

If you intend to die, you can do anything.

— Chip Kidd

“We are the Western World. We read, see, think. Left. To. Right. We can't help it. ..The problem with Top to Bottom is that…

— Chip Kidd

“Never let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash.”

— Chip Kidd

“Graphic Design for its own sake will never happen, because the concept cancels itself out — a poster about nothing other than itself is…

— Chip Kidd