Here are some of our favorite quotes from the most famous designers in the world along with a few of our own:
Most Famous Graphic Designer Quotes:
“There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.”
- Milton Glaser
“The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect, conditioned to prefer bad design, because that is what it lives with. The new becomes threatening, the old reassuring.”
- Paul Rand
“You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt… or in front of a piece of graphic design.”
- Stephan Sagmeister
“It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.”
- Paul Sher
“Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t theirs.”
- Frank Chimero
“The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.”
- Massimo Vignelli
Randy Richards Quotes:
“As a designer we cant just think about an isolated project, all projects are part of a brand language and family that develops through creativity, quality and consistency.”
- Randy Richards
“You do your best design work when you care about your customer’s projects as much as if they were being done for your own company”
- Randy Richards
“You don't need experience in a specific industry, If you are truly a good designer, you can analyze the design challenges in any industry or any aspect of life and create exceptional design by applying your design abilities.”
- Randy Richards
"Dont underestimate the power of good graphic design & communication materials, they alone can be the difference that helps a customer choose your product of service."
- Randy Richards
“If you show a client 3 designs, they will choose the ones that are more common and familiar of the 3. The unique approaches will separate them from competitors which is why we should start by only showing the best unique design first.”
- Randy Richards
“You care about a customer when you do your very best on even the smallest projects that seem less important.”
- Randy Richards