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“To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.”

“Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.”

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Author:David Hockney

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

Book:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five

“Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.”

“Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.”

“The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.”

“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.”

“Design is where science and art break even.”

“The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.”

“I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want to be a strong role model for my family and for other African Americans.”

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Author:Jerry Pinkney

“Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.”

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it.”

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Author:Jim Jarmusch

“Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.”

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Author:Jim Jarmusch

“Design is in everything we make, but it's also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy.”

“Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures.”

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Author:Jeffrey Veen

“If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.”

“Designers may be the true intellectuals of the future.”

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Author:Paola Antonelli

“Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.”

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Author:John Maeda

“The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail.”

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Book:Canyons of the Colorado

Source: Canyons of the Colorado

“Select only things to steal that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent”

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.”