45 Quotes by Massimo Vignelli

Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.

In design, be logical, search for truth, be clear.

Design is not art. Design is utilitarian, art is not.

It’s the space you put between the notes that make the music.

One life is too short for doing everything.

There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.

You do design because you feel it inside; you have a moral issue to spread quality in our environment.

Good design is a matter of discipline. It starts by looking at the problem and collecting all the available information about it. If you understand the problem, you have the solution. It’s really more about logic than imagination.

Don’t be governed by the grid, govern the grid. A grid is like a lion cage – if the trainer stays too long it gets eaten up. You have to know when to leave the cage – you have to know when to leave the grid.