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" No one likes someone who's really overconfident. "
Debbie Millman
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" Do not be afraid to want a lot. "
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" I tell all my students, 'Learn how to code.' It's sort of like learning Spanish in third grade. When you're still young and you still have that sort of agile mind, that's when you should do it. "
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" I don't regret the decisions that I've made. I really truly understand why I made them. "
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" Authenticity in branding requires a step by step, measured methodology that doesn't veer from a brand's key identity. "
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" I often say that 'Design Matters' began in February 2005 with an idea and a telephone line. "
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" Actually - and ironically - people aren't really interested in a new brand form or flavor as much as they are interested in how a brand can change, impact, or improve their lives. They want brands around them that make them feel special and provide some social cache or confidence. "
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" Millennials don't want to be bombarded by ads. But what is so interesting to me, though, is how willingly they accept native content. Or native advertising - it's not even native content. "
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" No matter how bleak the situation into which we have been thrown by the global economy, it does offer opportunities. Designers need only invent them. "
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" Design and branding are inextricably linked to the way in which society, culture, the environment, and business interact. "
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" The thing that I like about magazines, paper magazines, and papers in any kind of tangible format is the surprise factor of turning the page and not necessarily knowing what you're going to see. You're not looking for something. You're just experiencing something. "
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" Substance over style is the rule for all resumes. Any special effects will dilute the gravitas and stature of the impression. You want people to concentrate on your accomplishments and your successes, not the curlicues of a font or unusual shades or contrast of colors. "
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" My most memorable design-related encounter was also one of my most life-changing. I met Joyce Rutter Kaye, 'Print''s editor-in-chief from 1998-2008. It was at 6 A.M. on a cross-country flight from New York to Vancouver for the 2003 National AIGA conference. "
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" You shouldn't be learning how to code when you're middle-aged. You should be learning how to code when you're a kid. "
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" Visual storytelling combines the narrative text of a story with creative elements to augment and enhance the traditional storytelling process. By design, it is a co-creative process resulting in an intimate, interpretive, expressive technique. "
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" Visual storytelling utilizes both language and art to pass on the essence of who we are. "
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" One bit of advice I can give people is to remember that anything worthwhile takes a long time. "
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" A brand is simply a set of beliefs. And if you don't create a set of beliefs around your products or services, well, you stand for nothing - you have no values and no vision. "
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" Ever since Marcel Duchamp appropriated mass market objects and pronounced them 'readymades' and Andy Warhol elevated the Campbell's soup can and Brillo Box to art, artists and designers have been blurring the lines between fine art and commerce. "
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