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Thought of the Day - The Essence of Design

August 9th, 2006

A designer knows that he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away
- Antoine de St-Expurey

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.
- Chuck Jones

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1. Designers who Blog: Desig&hellip
September 13th, 2006 at 8:20 am

In his other life, Jason Spector is an experienced web and interactive designer who quotes old Tex Avery and Chuck Jones cartoons just a little too much. Check out: What kind of designer are you? and Thought of the Day - The Essence of Design spectorbrain.com is by: Jason Spector
2. Andrew Faulkner
September 15th, 2006 at 1:41 pm

Brilliant quotes. I’ve added this link to the sidebar of fadtastic.

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In his other life, Jason Spector is an experienced web and interactive designer who quotes old Tex Avery and Chuck Jones cartoons just a little too much.