Graphic Design, which fulfills aesthetic needs, complies with the laws of form and exigencies of two-dimensional space; which speaks in semiotics, sans-serifs, and geometrics; which abstracts, transforms, translates, rotates, dilates, repeats, mirrors, groups, and regroups, is not good design if it is irrelevant.

Paul Rand
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  2. You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.

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  4. Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.

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