The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.

The aim of every typographic work - the delivery of a message in the shortest, most efficient manner.

The sanserif only seems to be the simpler script. It is a form that was violently reduced for little children. For adults it is more difficult to read than serifed roman type, whose serifs were never meant to be ornamental.

We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our language, and thereby rendering it useless.

Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome.

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of funtional design. In addition to being more logical, asymmetry has the advantage that its complete appearance is far more optically effective than symmetry.

Perfect typography is more a science than an art.