Friday, January 11, 2008

Some of my favorite Design quotes

Here is a collection of quotes regarding Design that I've collected over the years through some books I've read:



Oliviero Toscani

Clichés are our cultural history

If you are sure. you know you're doing something old



Tibor Kalman

Every rule about what is appropriate narrows what's possible

The cultural lights of this century are all maniacs

I'm not against beauty. It just sounds boring to me.

Our vernacular is Kentucky Fried Chicken. Our common experience becomes the common experience of network TV. Our idea of cultural diversity is cable.

Graphic design isn't a profession, it's a medium

Consumption is a treatable disease

Consumer culture is an oxymoron

Wealth is poverty

Religion works better for corporation than for people

Rules are good. Break them.

Good designer (and writers and artists) make trouble.

Graphic design is a means, not an end. A language, not content.



Paul Rand

Between designer and artist is no difference. They both work with form and content.

The fundamental skill of a designer is talent. Talent is a rare commodity. It's all about intuition. And you can't teach intuition.



David Carson

If everyone loves your work you're playing it much too safe.



Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

It is better to be good than to be original



Ivan Chermayeff

When in doubt, make it red. If you're still in doubt, make it BIG.



El Lissitzsky

Typographic arrangement should achieve for the reader what voice tone conveys for the listener



Jean Cocteau

The greatest literary masterpiece is no more than an alphabet in disorder



Marc Steuer

I submit to you, creativity's not talking; it's all about the ability to listen



Raymond Loewy

The most difficult things to design are the simplest.



Unknown

Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer

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