"Being good is more important than being original.……" — Paul Rand

"Being good is more important than being original. Originality is a product, not an intention."

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28 Quotes by Paul Rand

Paul Rand has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no…
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of visual communications: talent, creative…
Design is everything. Everything!
The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.
Graphic design, which evokes the symmetria of Vituvius, the dynamic symmetry of Hambidge, the asymmetry of Mondrian; which is a…
Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select…
Any system that sees aesthetics as irrelevant, that separates the artist from his product, that fragments the work of the…
Artistic tricks divert from the effect that an artist endeavors to produce, and even excellent elements such as bullets, arrows,…
Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or…
I never did calligraphy... But handwriting is an entirely different kind of thing. It's part of the syndrome of modernism...…
If I was influenced by anything, it was architecture: structure having to do with logic. If you don't do it…

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can… — Hannah Arendt
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I… — Asia Argento
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the… — Alexis Arguello
I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the… — Aristotle
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle

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