48 Quotes by Tibor Kalman

Consumer culture is contradiction in terms

To me, nothing is more vibrant than having the power to do something but not having the experience of knowing what's right and what's wrong.

We don't talk about planes flying. We talk about them crashing.

I'm not against beauty, it just sounds boring to me.

Perspective is a moment in time that cannot be fully appreciated until that moment has passed.

What is said determines who listens and who understands. Graphic design is a language, but graphic designers are so busy worrying about the nuances - accents, punctuation and so on - that they spend little time thinking about what the words add up to. I’m interested in using our communication skills to change the way things are.

If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.

Think like an artist. Dress like an insurance salesman.

Design is just language and the real issue is what you use that language to do.