I believe in God, only I spell it n-a-t-u-r-e.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The extent to which you have a design style, is the extent to which you have not solved the design problem.

— Charles Eames

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur.

— Red Adair

Kunst mag niet geprobeerd worden. Men probeert een brood te bakken, maar men probeert geen schepping. Men probeert niet te baren. Waar zwangerschap bestaat, volgt het baren vanzelf, ten gepaste tijd.

— Willem Elsschot

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of functional design. It also expresses the diversity of modern life.

— Jan Tschichold

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses’.

— Henry Ford

For many filmmakers of my generation, one of the key things in life was to someday do a movie that had a Drew Struzan poster.

— Guillermo del Torro

A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense."

— Bruno Munari

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

— George Orwell

The things I was afraid of, did not happen. And the really important things in my life have been unpredictable and unavoidable. I could not control them or prevent them in any way. So just relax, relax and plunge into life.

— Isabel Allende

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

— Dr. Seuss

Major life trauma’s, if it happened over 3 months ago (with a few exceptions) it has no influence whatsoever on your happiness.

— Prof. Dan Gilbert

Centreren? Nee dat doen we maar een keer per jaar. Op de kaart van het Kerstmenu.

— Elzo Smid

What’s next?

— President Josiah Bartlet in West Wing

Een hedendaagse ontwerper die de Helvetica gebruikt berooft zichzelf van de helft van zijn typografisch gereedschap.

— Elzo Smid

Internet geeft mij toegang tot de hele wereld. Zeker, maar dat doet mijn voordeur ook.

— Fred Smeijers

Design is more of a kitchen than a knife, and more of a lab than a beaker.

— Arman Nobari

No matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides to it.

— spreekwoord

David Carson’s 1995 book ‘The end of Print’ is now in its 6th printing.

— onbekend

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

— Steve Jobs

Zo’n artikel noemen we nou een ‘Lodewijk XVI’. Wel een titel, maar geen kop.

— Elzo Smid