"The Cheese Monkeys" Quotes
A design student navigates the outrageous and eccentric world of art school in this coming-of-age novel filled with humor and creativity.
fiction | 288 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Art is making meaning.
Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of visual communications: talent, creative ability, manual skill, and technical knowledge.
Design is the search for a magical balance between business and art; art and craft; intuition and reason; concept and detail; playfulness and formality; client and designer; designer and printer; and printer and public.
Without design, it is just a bunch of words or images thrown together.
Art is anything you can get away with.
Design is about problem-solving, not about personal taste.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Design is where science and art break even.
Design is thinking made visual.
Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up.
