“Watch your life as if it were a film. Absorb everything. What you see, hear, and feel will stamp every alphabet of your work.” IfsFeelsFilmWatchesStampsAlphabet Author:Nikky Finney
“I remember saying to myself those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they will truly be heard. I mean, that's what art is. Art is about being provocative. Art is also about beauty. And if you leave the latter out, the former doesn't matter.” IfsWayMeanArtImportantMatterRememberHeardArt IsFormerLatterAnother WayProvocative Author:Nikky Finney
“Part of maturing as a designer is discovering what you're good at.” DesignerMatureDiscovering Author:Michael Bierut
“Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything.” DesignReadyFavors Book:Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design Source: Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design
“Intellectual elegance [is] a mind that is continually refining itself with education and knowledge. Intellectual elegance is the opposite of intellectual vulgarity.” MindIntellectualOppositesEleganceVulgarityRefiningEducation And Knowledge Author:Massimo Vignelli
“Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.” LanguageStyleDesignComes And GoesGood Design Author:Massimo Vignelli
“You can reach timelessness if you look for the essence of things and not the appearance. The appearance is transitory — the appearance is fashion, the appearance is trendiness — but the essence is timeless.” IfsLooksFashionEssenceAppearanceTimelessTransitoryTimelessness Author:Massimo Vignelli
“I like it to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all, timeless.” PowerfulAll TimeTimelessElegant Author:Massimo Vignelli