Paul Rand

I never did calligraphy... But handwriting is an entirely different kind of thing. It's part of the syndrome of modernism... It's part of that asceticism.

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These are some quotes by American author Paul Rand Designer, who lived between August 15, 1914 and November 26, 1996.

Quotes by Paul Rand

Good design doesn't date. Bad design does.

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You can't criticize geometry. It's never wrong.

Paul Rand

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Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

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I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.

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The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell.

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I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine for diaries. But when you're writing for anyone other than yourself, you want to get as universal as possible.

Andrew Vachss

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