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Graphic Design Quotes

Communication built one visual choice at a time.

These quotes come from people who do graphic design for a living — treating it as communication, commercial art, and the visual instinct behind video games and album covers.

I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit.

Quotes by William Bell

So, I'm always around video games but I've always been interested in them from a visual perspective, with the graphic design and that whole thing. I don't know if that comes from my love of photography or what but that's...

Quotes by Sophia Bush

Of course, I did lots of what would be called graphic design now, what used to be called commercial art.

Quotes by Leonard Baskin

I look at graphic design as communication, meaning that the work has to have a vibe to connect to the viewer or perceiver. I make a black and white drawing and then add color digitally, bringing in a contemporary pattern...

Quotes by John Van Hamersveld

Always Quotes

The Hewitt sisters were these amazing - both sort of philanthropists and dilettantes who went out and single-handedly collected all of these of-the-moment designs in wallpaper and textiles and in graphic design in order to teach people about design.

Quotes by Jake Barton

I originally studied graphic design and video production. I had wanted to be a programmer - I loved development and coding - but it turned out that I really enjoyed doing the frontend more than backend development.

Quotes by iJustine

I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in advertising for two years but didn't like it much, then began doing a bit...

Quotes by Graeme Base

It's important to show that creativity is in many different sectors, not just in graphic design or filmmaking.

Quotes by Ginevra Elkann

I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that.

Quotes by Gabriel Basso

Amazing Quotes

Many people think that being a graphic designer means going to an expensive art school and buying expensive software that will cost you thousands of dollars. This is so far from the truth. There are hundreds of online education centers...

Quotes by Fabrizio Moreira

That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for.

Quotes by Eric Carle

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in...

Quotes by David Coverdale

When I first started my graphic design career, and 'Beach Culture' magazine, I pretty much ran from the surfer label. It was hard to get people to take you seriously.

Quotes by David Carson

I studied graphic design originally. I used to like drawing, and I was quite into technical drawing. I was always interested in the visual medium, but I thought I was going to be an architect or something like that, but...

Quotes by Asif Kapadia

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these graphic design quotes cover?
They come from people who actually work in graphic design, covering it as communication, commercial art, and the visual instinct behind everything from album covers to video games.
Why do people search for graphic design quotes?
Designers and design students often look for quotes that describe the craft honestly, useful for portfolios, talks, or captions about the creative process behind visual work.
Is there a quote about graphic design and video games?
Yes — one traces an interest in graphic design back to a love of the visual side of video games, tying the craft to a lifelong interest in photography and imagery as well.
Do any quotes describe graphic design as more than just drawing?
One frames it as communication first — arguing the work has to connect emotionally with a viewer, describing a process of black-and-white drawing followed by digitally added color and texture.
Has graphic design always been called that?
Not according to one quote, which points out that what's now called graphic design used to simply be known as commercial art, a reminder of how the field's name has shifted over time.

One veteran remembers when the same work was simply called commercial art, long before 'graphic design' became the job title every artist uses today.