Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.

Just because something is legible doesn't mean it communicates...

For some reason I have a visual intuition that allows me to design things in an interesting way, and I don't know where that came from. Because I don't have this formal training, I seem to drift in a different direction.

It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you.

You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.