Erik Spiekermann quotes
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“You are what you are seen to be.”
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“Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything.”
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“The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.”
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“Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.”
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“As we say in Berlin, there are many ways to bake a parrot.”
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“Designers like even grayness, which is the worst thing for a reader.”
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“I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it: they are my friends. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls' bottoms. I get kicks out of looking at type. It's a little worrying, I admit, but it's a very nerdish thing to do.”
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“I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible.”
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“They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.”
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“InherÂent qualÂity is part of absolute qualÂity and withÂout it things will appear shoddy. The users may not know why, but they always sense it.”
-- Erik Spiekermann
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