Jacques Bertin quotes
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“[Graphics] is a strict and simple system of signs, which anyone can learn to use and which leads to better understanding.”
-- Jacques BertinSource : Jacques Bertin (1981). “Graphics and Graphic Information Processing”, p.1, Walter de Gruyter
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“In the visual arts, for example, the semiological approach to graphics provides a rigorous analysis of the visual means used by the artist. It defines the basic properties and laws governing the arts and suggests objective criteria for art criticism.”
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“A graphic is never an end in itself; it is a moment in the process of decision making.”
-- Jacques BertinSource : Jacques Bertin (1981). “Graphics and Graphic Information Processing”, p.16, Walter de Gruyter
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan
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“Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.”
Source : Aaron Copland (1952). “Music and imagination”, Harvard Univ Pr
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“Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay.”
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Source : "Design for knife: can cutlery help people with disabilities?" by Justin McGuirk, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2012.
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