About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. — Manolo Blahnik

A wise person once said that you’re only as creative as the obscurity of your sources. — House Industries

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen. — Tom Ford

Design is a revelation to me. It’s like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life. — Geoffrey Beere

We must become the change we want to see. — Mahatma Gandhi

Type design moves at the pace of the most conservative reader. The good type-designer therefore realizes that, for a new font to be successful, it has to be so good

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. — Maya Angelou

If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery. — John Maeda

I am still learning. — Michelangelo

People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing. — Paola Antonelli