Design Is Everything. Everything!

Artistic Tricks Divert From The Effect That An Artist Endeavors To Produce, And Even Excellent Elements Such As Bullets, Arrows, Brackets, Ornate Initials, Are At Best Superficial Ornamentation Unless Logically Employed.

Graphic Design, Which Evokes The Symmetria Of Vituvius, The Dynamic Symmetry Of Hambidge, The Asymmetry Of Mondrian; Which Is A Good Gestalt, Generated By Intuition Or By Computer, By Invention Or By A System Of Coordinates, Is Not Good Design If It Does Not Communicate.

Design Is The Method Of Putting Form And Content Together. Design, Just As Art, Has Multiple Definitions; There Is No Single Definition. Design Can Be Art. Design Can Be Aesthetics. Design Is So Simple, That's Why It Is So Complicated.

The Artist Is A Collector Of Things Imaginary Or Real. He Accumulates Things With The Same Enthusiasm That A Little Boy Stuffs His Pockets. The Scrap Heap And The Museum Are Embraced With Equal Curiosity. He Takes Snapshots, Makes Notes And Records Impressions On Tablecloths Or Newspapers, On Backs Of Envelopes Or Matchbooks. Why One Thing And Not Another Is Part Of The Mystery, But He Is Omnivorous.

Any System That Sees Aesthetics As Irrelevant, That Separates The Artist From His Product, That Fragments The Work Of The Individual, Or Creates By Committee, Or Makes Mincemeat Of The Creative Process Will, In The Long Run, Diminish Not Only The Product But The Maker As Well.