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“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.”

“Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy.”

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Author:Jan Tschichold

“The most popular typefaces are the easiest to read; their popularity has made them disappear from conscious cognition. It becomes impossible to tell if they are easy to read because they are commonly used, or if they are commonly used because they are easy to read.”

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Author:Zuzana Licko

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

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Author:Paola Antonelli

“There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.”

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Book:An Essay on Typography

Source: An Essay on Typography

“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

“Design is the conscious effort to impose a meaningful order”

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Author:Victor Papanek

“You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.”

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Author:Al Hirschfeld

“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”

“He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist”

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Author:Francis of Assisi

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”

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

“I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.”

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Author:M. C. Escher

“Unlike the photography and prints, I never catalogued, kept track of or exhibited the sketches. I sold some occasionally, but never saw myself as a graphic artist. They became more important to me thanks to the exhibition, however, and I realized that these drawings were quite interesting after all.”

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Author:Gerhard Richter