David Carson quotes
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“Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.”
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“It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you.”
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“You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.”
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“Never mistake legibility for communication.”
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“You'll see everything from gold teeth to hood ornaments. It's almost like Halloween during August.”
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“If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.”
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“Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.”
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“Just because something is legible doesn’t mean it communicates.”
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“For some reason I have a visual intuition that allows me to design things in an interesting way, and I don't know where that came from. Because I don't have this formal training, I seem to drift in a different direction.”
-- David CarsonSource : "(Designed by) DAVID CARSON / Speak, an edgy new magazine for the video generation pushes, folds and mutilates the visual envelope" by Sam Whiting, www.sfgate.com. March 05, 1996.
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“Invite the reader to participate by deciphering. Chaos can attract and engage.”
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“Don't confuse legibility with communication.”
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“The station was tight, aggressive ... the deejays at times sounding as if they were broadcasting at gunpoint.”
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