Erik Spiekermann Quotes & Sayings

#1. As we say in Berlin, there are many ways to bake a parrot.

#2. I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible.

#3. Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything.

#4. Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.

#5. They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.

#6. I love to be a graphic designer, but could we get rid of clients somehow please?

#7. The materials shape your idea.

#8. You are what you are seen to be.

#9. The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.

#10. Designers like even grayness, which is the worst thing for a reader.

Erik Spiekermann Quotes