People think that digital language is a fixed language, but it's not: it's very fluid. It's like I'm doing a painting where the paint refuses to dry.
Neville BrodyRead
Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Typography influences how information is perceived and can guide people's thoughts and emotions.
Neville Brody's quote emphasizes the powerful role of typography in shaping communication and societal perceptions. It suggests that the design of text—its style, arrangement, and presentation—can subtly manipulate how messages are understood and interpreted by individuals, highlighting the importance of visual communication in media and society at large.
Themes
TypographyManipulationCommunicationDesignVisuals
In practice
Example use cases
In a presentation about graphic design, I might say, 'As Neville Brody noted, typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.'
More from Neville Brody
All quotes →Similar quotes
The consolations of space are nameless things. It was after the neurosis of winter. It was In the genius of summer that they blew up The statue of Jove among the boomy clouds. It took all day to quieten the sky And then to refill its emptiness again.
Wallace StevensRead
A story begins with this nebulous feeling that’s hard to get a hold of and you’re testing your feelings and assumptions, testing what you believe. They end up turning into keepsakes and mementos –like amber in which a memory gets trapped.
Michael ChabonRead
What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
Annie LeibovitzRead
I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
V. S. NaipaulRead
There's so many films from around the world, I emphasize, that are so beautifully photographed, but they don't get the recognition.
Roger DeakinsRead
Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
Kurt VonnegutRead