quotes about Typefaces

“There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.”

“I am god...to the dislexic segment of the population.”

“A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.”

“The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day.”

“It is very important to learn to weigh up objectively (or assess intuitively) the totality of the competitive and psychological factors.”

Source : Mark Dvoretsky (1991). “Secrets of Chess Training”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

“Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle that makes music fascinating to me.”

“Professional sports is a business.”

“It is vitally important that our children know they are loved and safe at home”

“My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.”

Source : "Peter Zumthor: In pursuit of perfection" by Rowan Moore, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

“THE WORLD is over-armed and peace is under-funded.”

Source : "Disarm and develop – UN expert urges win-win proposition for States and peoples". www.ohchr.org.