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If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? ↗


— Brad Warner


#paraphrased #death

One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed. ↗


— Diane Arbus


#photography

In some counties, there is an actual named crime of ritual abuse and there too, there have been convictions. ↗


— Laurie Matthew


#child-abuse #childabuse #childhood-abuse #crime #death

This is death. I don't want it to tarry awhile so I can write a monograph. I want it to go away for seventy or eighty years. ↗


— Don DeLillo


#long-life #monograph #time #death

In many ways. . .the completeness of biography, the achievement of its professionalization, is an ironic fiction, since no life can ever be known completely, nor would we want to know every fact about an individual. Similarly, no life is ever lived according to aesthetic proportions. The "plot" of a biography is superficially based on the birth, life and death of the subject; "character," in the vision of the author. Both are as much creations of the biographer, as they are of a novelist. We content ourselves with "authorized fictions. ↗


— Ira Bruce Nadel


#biography #death

In a badly designed book, the letters mill and stand like starving horses in a field. In a book designed by rote, they sit like stale bread and mutton on the page. In a well-made book, where designer, compositor and printer have all done their jobs, no matter how many thousands of lines and pages, the letters are alive. They dance in their seats. Sometimes they rise and dance in the margins and aisles. ↗


— Robert Bringhurst


#typography #design

Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy’s habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident, typography can illuminate the construction and identity of a page, screen, place, or product. ↗


— Ellen Lupton


#typography #design

As a sign of power the hand has a dynamic aspect: it is poised to act and conquer. Open and extended, it symbolizes the opposite of power; the willingness to lay down arms, the proffered hand a greeting, a sign of peace and reconciliation... Hegel called the hand of man 'der beseelte Werkmeister seines Glucks--the inspired maker of his own happiness. It can make happiness to others as well. ↗


— Hugues Boekraad


#hands #philosophy #symbolism #design

A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38) ↗


— Woodrow Phoenix


#design #graphic-design #logos #toy-design #toys

Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does. ↗


— David Carson


#graphic-design #humor #prophecy #rock #rock-n-roll






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