Iconography Quote by Philip Di Lemme

Like the skyscraper, the automobile, and the motion-picture palace, neon signs once symbolized popular hopes for a new era of technological achievement and commercial…

— Virginia Postrel

“Additionally, you can paint a neon sign over our heads that says, 'Easy meal, follow the flashing lights.”

— Julie Kagawa

On any day in the Mission in San Francisco, you can see a hand-painted sign that is kind of funky, and maybe that person,…

— Margaret Kilgallen

“Neon flickered in brilliant colors on the really fancy buildings, while the older blocks and the ones under scaffolding were dark and unlit. Everywhere…

— Jia Pingwa

Storage problems make neon signs the most ephemeral of commercial arts.

— Virginia Postrel

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

— Donald A. Norman

The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff.

— Jonathan Katz

“There is something truly extraordinary about a tropically-designed city when viewed in overcast light. The neon paints that swarm the buildings maintain their luminosity…

— Mynah K

The Beautiful of the Sign Language is the picture like a Fireworks.

— Vernado

“Visual communication of any kind, whether persuasive or informative, from billboards to birth announcements, should be seen as the embodiment of form and function;…

— John Clifford

“At intersections and crowded areas between sedans and trucks the gutter reflected the bitter pastels of metropolitan neon, rainbows hacked down to earth and…

— Colson Whitehead

It is the vibe of a city that makes it unique.

— Varun Sharma