I've never really acquired any facility for working on the computer, though one day I think I would like to. My generation just barely missed it, which I don't think is a good thing or a bad thing.

Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything.

No one loves authenticity like a graphic designer. And no one is quite as good at simulating it.

Simplicity, wit, and good typography.

BE PURPOSEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL IN THE CHOICES YOU MAKE WHEN THE OPTIONS ARE NEARLY INFINITE.

If typography is calling attention to itself, it's taking that attention away from what the words are saying.

If you do good work for good clients, it will lead to other good work for other good clients. If you do bad work for bad clients, it will lead to other bad work for other bad clients.

Most processes leave out the stuff no one wants to talk about: magic, intuition and leaps of faith.

Part of maturing as a designer is discovering what you're good at.

Graphic design is the fiction that anticipates the fact.

The problem contains the solution.

There is more reason to say grace before beginning a book than there is to say it before beginning to dine.

The truth of a myth, your Honor, is not its words but its patterns.

The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

Society is better off without certain people.

Democracy will be transformative. It will help other societies realize the benefits of freedom. Nothing's as big as that, in terms of peace.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

Most processes leave out the stuff no one wants to talk about: magic, intuition and leaps of faith.

As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp dates in books.