There's a certain kind of research you have to listen to - the factual stuff, not opinion. Facts are facts. Sugar is sweet - it's not a matter of opinion. It just is.
Paul RandRead
Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution of an idea.
Interpretation
Paul Rand emphasizes the interconnectedness of various design elements in creating effective art.
In this quote, Paul Rand articulates the idea that different components of design—such as copy, art, and typography—should not be viewed in isolation but rather as part of a cohesive whole. Each element plays a vital role in conveying the underlying idea, suggesting that harmony among these elements is crucial for effective communication and creative expression.
In practice
During a graphic design workshop, you could use this quote to illustrate the importance of cohesive design elements.
There's a certain kind of research you have to listen to - the factual stuff, not opinion. Facts are facts. Sugar is sweet - it's not a matter of opinion. It just is.
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Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance, form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form.
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Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.
What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and making. Something is always missing, and so art-making is endless.
I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.
I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music.
When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all, through the power of declamation and suggestion. So in Bach. There is but one voice -- and many voices have to be suggested.
One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.
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