Erik Spiekermann famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You are what you are seen to be.
-- Erik Spiekermann
Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Real #Inspiration #Eye
The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Giving #Attention #Ends
The materials shape your idea.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Ideas #Shapes #Materials
Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Design #Typography
As we say in Berlin, there are many ways to bake a parrot.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Design #Way #Berlin
Designers like even grayness, which is the worst thing for a reader.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Designer #Worst #Reader
I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it: they are my friends. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls' bottoms. I get kicks out of looking at type. It's a little worrying, I admit, but it's a very nerdish thing to do.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Girl #Wine #People
I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Typography #Obvious #Persons
They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#Girl #Wine #People
InherÂent qualÂity is part of absolute qualÂity and withÂout it things will appear shoddy. The users may not know why, but they always senseÂ it.
-- Erik Spiekermann

#May #Ent #Users

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