Quotes by Tibor Kalman

About Tibor Kalman:

Tibor Kalman was an American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well known for his work as editor-in-chief of Colors magazine.
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I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge.

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I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing.

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If someone is going to permit me to make a publication that is politically and culturally progressive and not tell me to put their favorite movie stars on the cover, if I get to do what I want in an honest way - as I did in the beginning at 'Colors' ...

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I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.

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No matter what your cultural sophistication or what language you speak, everyone can understand images.

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Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever.

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The perfect state of creative bliss is having power (you are 50) and knowing nothing (you are 9). This assures an interesting and successful outcome.

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We live in a society and a culture and an economic model that tries to make everything look right. Look at computers. Why are they all putty-colored or off-fucking-white? You make something off-white or beige because you are afraid to use any other c...

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Let's face it: we live at a time when government is less and less powerful, less and less effective, and the agent of social change, at least for the immediate future, is the corporation.

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I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories.

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Pictures are so good at giving people information that they're not looking for.

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Good designers are no longer satisfied in taking the manuscript from someone and making it look nice. One of the things that I've tried to do is move from being a designer to a content provider.

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I use contrary-ism in every part of my life.

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We live in a society and a culture and an economic model that tries to make everything look right.

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Edits are very important to me - they're the way in which I work on everything.

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Author Bio

  • NameTibor Kalman
  • DescriptionAmerican graphic designer
  • BornJuly 6, 1949
  • DiedMay 2, 1999
  • CountryHungary
  • ProfessionGraphic Designer