“Drawing is design’s best friend, so never stop drawing.”
Von Glitshcka, illustrator and designer

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“Design is thinking made visual.”
Saul Bass, designer (1920–1996)

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“You have to be interested in culture to design for it.”
Lorraine Wild, graphic designer

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“A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it.”
Brenda Laurel, Ph.D., video game designer

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“I mix them with my brains, sir.”
John Opie, painter (1761–1807), when asked how he mixed his colors

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“Cut it down by half, leaving nothing out.”
James M. Barrie, actor (1860–1937)

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“Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.”
Milton Glaser, graphic designer (b. 1929)

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“Not the whole forest—just one leaf.”
P. L. Travers, novelist (1899–1996)

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“Design is the conscious effort to impose a meaningful order.”
Victor Papanek, designer and educator (1927–1998)

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“Trifles make perfection.”
Michelangelo, artist/engineer (1475–1564)

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“But without emotion art is lifeless; without intellect it is shapeless.”
Charles Johnson in his 1949 book, The Language Painting

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“It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.”
Russian proverb

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“Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design.
So fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.”
Edward Tufte (b. 1942)

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“Beige is the color of indecision.”
Paula Scher, designer (b. 1948)

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“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have become hidden by the answers.”
James Baldwin, novelist (1924–1987)

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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist (b. 1957)

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“Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.”
Coco Chanel, fashion designer (1883–1971)

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“Luck is the residue of design.”
Branch Rickey, baseball executive (1881–1965)

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“Eloquence is vehement simplicity.”
Richard Cecil, clergyman (1748–1810)

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“That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing.
In between lies art.”
John Locke, philosopher (1632–1704)

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“In my opinion anyone interested in improving himself should not rule out becoming pure energy.”
Jack Handy, humorist (b. 1949)

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“If there’s no magic, how come when you burp up watermelon it tastes like cucumber?”
Paula Frederick, graphic designer and illustrator

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