Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.

I had no idea what I was doing, I had no idea where I was going, but at some point I stopped — when to keep going would seem like I was going too far.

Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.

Design is, literally, purposeful planning. Graphic Design, then, is the form those plans will take.

I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.

What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however trivial, and if you're simply willing to sit there like a sack of dirt and let them yammer, they will tell it to you.