"[Graphics] is a strict and simple system of signs, which anyone can learn to use and which leads to better understanding."

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Source : Jacques Bertin (1981). “Graphics and Graphic Information Processing”, p.1, Walter de Gruyter

Jacques Bertin

#Simple Quotes #Design Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“You know, I think I was always intrigued by theater since I was a small child.”

Source : "BWW Interviews: Bryan Batt Talks Broadway, MAD MEN, and His Cabaret Act BATT ON A HOT TIN ROOF". Interview with Jeff Davis, www.broadwayworld.com. September 2, 2013.
“I don't know why people thought I was retiring.”
“The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.”
“I like using one QB. If we have two that are relatively equal, then we can't afford to have one on the bench. They need to be on the field at running back, receiver or defensive back. I'm not going to waste an athlete on the sidelines.”
“My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.”
“Help me see this brother through the eyes of truth and not of judgement.”
“For too many, to work means having less income.”

Source : Address at Progressive Conservative Brunch in Montreal, Quebec, www.canadahistory.com. August 22, 1993.
“I saw a news report recently that measured average video game use by American men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five: twenty hours per week. Do you mean the flower of America's masculinity can't think of anything more important to do with twenty hours a week than sit in front of a video screen? Folks, this ain't normal. Can't we unplug already?”

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