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How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

by Massimo Vignelli, Debbie Millman, Abbot Miller, Stephen Doyle, Seymour Chwast and 3 others

Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world’s greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmei

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“There is a great misconception in this era of graphic design that it is a medium of self-expression”

— Peter Saville, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design, Self-Expression

“Design is supposed to be about something else, and not about you; but I think the only way it’s actually any good—and to get people to care about it—is if it’s also about you at the same time.”

— Paul Sahre, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design

“I never know if anything I’ve created is good, but I know I’m done when I give up looking for other ideas.”

— Seymour Chwast, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design, Ideas, Create

“Logic will get you nowhere. But imagination has the opportunity to rescue you from the quicksand of logic.”

— Stephen Doyle, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design, Imagination, Logic

“I’m often asked for advice on how to become a better graphic designer, and this is my response: Two things—learn how to do crossword puzzles, and learn how to write.”

— Chip Kidd, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design, Crossword Puzzles, Writing

“What interests me in architecture and design is work that is awkward, and not beautiful, and a little bit idiosyncratic.”

— Abbot Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design, ugly, beauty

“The essence is what is left when there’s nothing else that you can throw away.”

— Massimo Vignelli, amazon.com

Tagged: Design Quotes, Graphic Design