Owen Shifflett

"When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear."

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:38:55 -0400

“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.”

- Mark Twain

"Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements,..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:35:47 -0500

“Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature, give balance and harmony to any work of art.”

- Max Bill

Yep.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:15:30 -0400

Yep.

"If the businessmen drink my blood, Like the kids in art school said they would, Then I guess..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:57:00 -0400

““If the businessmen drink my blood,
Like the kids in art school said they would,
Then I guess I’ll just begin again,
You say, “can we still be friends?””

- Arcade Fire

"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple..."

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:10:42 -0400

“Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions, there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.”

- Paul Rand

"Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them."

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:39:55 -0400

““Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.””

- Dr. Seuss

"The next time you see a sixteen-color, blind-embossed, gold-stamped, die-cut, elaborately folded and..."

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:09:32 -0400

“The next time you see a sixteen-color, blind-embossed, gold-stamped, die-cut, elaborately folded and bound job, printed on handmade paper, see if it isn’t a mediocre idea trying to pass for something else.”

- Milton Glaser

"Design is redesign."

Thu, 13 May 2010 08:05:04 -0400

“Design is redesign.”

- Jan Michl

Disney animator Glen Keane on how to draw/animate in three...

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:12:00 -0400

Disney animator Glen Keane on how to draw/animate in three dimentions. (via Drawn)

"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you..."

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:36:00 -0400

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”

- Frank Lloyd Wright

"Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back."

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:27:24 -0400

“Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.”

- Paul Erdos

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and..."

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:40:00 -0400

“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”

- Cecil Beaton

"I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:13:54 -0500

“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Love these era in another era shots. ( Via Midcentury Modernist...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:36:27 -0500

Love these era in another era shots. ( Via Midcentury Modernist )

Rufio!

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:44:31 -0500

Rufio!

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:46:26 -0500

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

"Politeness is the poison of collaboration."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:53:51 -0500

“Politeness is the poison of collaboration.”

- Edwin H. Land

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:24:00 -0500

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”

- Benjamin Franklin

"There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:21:48 -0500

“There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.”

- Ansel Adams

"If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head almost nothing."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:26 -0500

“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head almost nothing.”

- Marc Chagall