Xenophilius-lovegood Quote by J.K. Rowling

“A sign read "Free drinks for billiards competitors only." Hand-lettered below read "All others will pay." It was written in blood. I could tell…

— Red Tash

“On the chalkboard was another horrible but familiar sight. Someone had dipped his or her hand into a can of paint and pressed it…

— Michael Buckley

“Let the pleasure of doodling led us to writing as decoration rather than to the peculiarly abstract sort of representation it inclines towards: the…

— Robert Kaplan

“Drawn crudely in the dust of three window-panes were a swastika, a hammer and sickle, and the Stars and Stripes. I had drawn the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The sign painter had guts, maybe. Good taste, no. Anyone with a taste for chocolate Paydays had been spending too much time in the…

— Stephen King

“You must name a thing before you can note it on your hand drawn map.”

— John Steinbeck

I trust the symbol that is arrived at in the making of the painting. Meaningful symbols aren't invented as such, they are made or…

— Richard Diebenkorn

“Here it is, all at once: rightness. Not the graffiti itself, even though it's undeniably spectacular, but this feeling of making plans and carrying…

— Nina LaCour

So, mistletoe, in fact, symbolizes mistletoe.

— Terry Pratchett

It isn't up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words!…

— Pablo Picasso

A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary.

— Donald A. Norman

“[The graffiti] had a sort of Christmassy look to it. The green paint tended to be short top to bottom but long front site…

— Patricia Briggs