Michael Bierut Quotes

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

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#2. ...use design as a secret disguise to infiltrate whatever world you want to go into. If you do that over and over again, and then translate that interest and curiosity into the work that you're doing, you'll do great.

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#3. the more things you're interested in, the better your work will be.

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

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#5. The problem contains the solution.

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#6. Graphic design is the fiction that anticipates the fact.

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

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#8. designers actually can change the world for the better by making the complicated simple and finding beauty in truth.

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#9. 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.

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

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#11. Simplicity, wit, and good typography.

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

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

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