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Everyone who is honest is interesting.

Stefan Sagmeister

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Stefan Sagmeister
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 6
Artist
Designer
Film Director
Graphic Designer
Illustrator
Typographer
Sagmeister inc.
Honest
Interesting
Everyone

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Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.
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Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans.
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Hobbies are for people that don't like what they're doing.
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To touch somebody’s heart with design.
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Peter Noever is a pain in the ass and a joy in the heart.
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I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire for beauty is something that's in us, and it's not trivial.
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Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.
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You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design.
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You're authentic when you're honest.
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Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.
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The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains ones body?
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Trying to always be the nice guy, to appear good, can be limiting. Avoiding confrontation has closed up a number of possibilities for me.
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Yes, design can make you happy.
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In running, I know that I can train as much as I want and Im never going to break the world record for the five miles. Its partly genetics Im just not built for it. But if I worked really hard, I might be able to cut my time by half. Could I do the same thing with my mind and my well-being?
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I don't think there is a particular responsibility on designers that is not on other professions... I think there's a responsibility for all of us to engage on all levels.
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I didnt think that personal style had much value in graphic design.
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Being in a foreign place, preferably for the first time, having seen many things and collected new impressions, and returning to an empty hotel room with an hour or so to blow. That mix often yields fine results.
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If you want to communicate something, youd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody.
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So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.
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Having guts always works out for me.
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