"Designers provide ways intoâ€”and out ofâ€”the flood of words by breaking up text into pieces and offering shortcuts and alternate routes through masses of information. (...) Although many books define the purpose of typography as enhancing the readability of the written word, one of designâ€™s most humane functions is, in actuality, to help readers avoid reading."

-- Ellen Lupton

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“You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.”
“Sweet is war to those who know it not.”
“Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools.”
“Radio listeners are voyeurs: lurking, invisible, eavesdropping.”

Source : Paul Fleischman (2003). “Seek”, p.141, Simon and Schuster
“Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.”
“Education is not for profit. If you're not in education for profit, it's not going to be a fair critique for education.”
“I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.”
“One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.”

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