“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.”
— Leo Burnett
“Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.”
-Paul Rand
“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.”
-Milton Glaser
“It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds.”
— Paula Scher
“Design is easy. All you do is stare at the screen until drops of blood form on your forehead”
-Marty Neumier
“Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere.”
— Mieke Gerritzen
“Design is as much an act of spacing as an act of marking.”
— Ellen Lupton
“Being a famous designer is like being a famous dentist.”
— Noreen Morioka
“You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously.”
— Wim Crouwel
“Practice safe design: Use a concept.”