Rick Poynor quotes

Rick Poynor quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.”
-- Rick Poynor

Source : "Helvetica". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2007.

#Giving Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes #Mood Quotes
“As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics, or interiors, or furniture, or the Web. It's us-our own living, breathing, biological selves. ... the personal makeover has become our most fundamental design task.”
-- Rick Poynor

#Moving Quotes #Self Quotes #Breathing Quotes
“Graphic Design is the communication framework through which these messages about what the world is now, and what we should aspire to. It's the way they reach us. The designer has an enormous responsibility. Those are the people, you know, putting their wires into our heads”
-- Rick Poynor

Source : "Helvetica". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2007.

#Communication Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #People Quotes

“We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.”
“Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics
“He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.49, Macmillan
“I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.”
“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.”

Source : "Made in Japan : Akio Morita and Sony" by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura, (p. 146), 1986.
“We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere in which a certain kind of freedom could exist. This may well account for my seeking a related sense of liberty as I grew up.”
“Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.”
“It is not paradox to say that in our most theoretical moods we may be nearest to our most practical applications.”
“If someone is in a bad mood, tickling only makes it worse.”
“Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.”

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