I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible.

They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.

Inspiration. From real life. I open my eyes and I travel and I look. And I read everything.

I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it: they are my friends. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls' bottoms. I get kicks out of looking at type. It's a little worrying, I admit, but it's a very nerdish thing to do.

I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible.

Inher­ent qual­ity is part of absolute qual­ity and with­out it things will appear shoddy. The users may not know why, but they always sense it.

The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.