Michael Bierut quotes

“No one loves authenticity like a graphic designer. And no one is quite as good at simulating it.”
-- Michael Bierut

Source : Michael Bierut (2007). “79 Short Essays on Design”, p.167, Princeton Architectural Press

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“I have a bunch of calendars I used before I went digital. Every once in a while, I'll open up one from 1991 and look at all the names and appointments and things that, at the time, seemed so important. Meetings that I was really worried about, things that I was getting calls four times a day about, and I wonder, "Where did it all go? Where are they now?" It's so strange, everything has disappeared. The only thing that stays behind is the work.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“Simplicity, wit, and good typography.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything.”
-- Michael Bierut

Source : Michael Bierut (2012). “Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design”, p.13, Chronicle Books

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“Most processes leave out the stuff no one wants to talk about: magic, intuition and leaps of faith.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“The problem contains the solution.”
-- Michael Bierut

Source : "Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks". Michael Bierut's presentation at the 99% Conference in New York, 99u.adobe.com. 2009.

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“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.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“Graphic design is the fiction that anticipates the fact.”
-- Michael Bierut

Source : Michael Bierut (2012). “Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design”, p.168, Chronicle Books

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“Every little job counts. Design counts.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“Part of maturing as a designer is discovering what you're good at.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“BE PURPOSEFUL AND THOUGHTFUL IN THE CHOICES YOU MAKE WHEN THE OPTIONS ARE NEARLY INFINITE.”
-- Michael Bierut

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“If typography is calling attention to itself, it's taking that attention away from what the words are saying...”
-- Michael Bierut

Source : "Interview with Michael Bierut — Typography, Modern Applications, and Timeless Communication Challenges". Interview with Kent Anderson, scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org. April 16, 2013.

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