People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don’t see themselves as storytellers. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
If you want to communicate something, you’d better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains one’s body? Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
There are brands out there in the world that have an incredible influence on the culture. Numerous ones are badly done. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
I run a design studio in New York. Every seven years, I close it for one year to pursue some little experiments, things that are always difficult to accomplish during the regular working year. In that year, we are not available for any of our clients. We are totally closed. And as you can imagine, it is a lovely and very energetic time. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
I am not a religious person myself, but I did look for nature. I had spent my first sabbatical in New York City. Looked for something different for the second one. Europe and the U.S. didn’t really feel enticing because I knew them too well. So Asia it was. The most beautiful landscapes I had seen in Asia were Sri Lanka and Bali. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about the topic helpful for my own practice, as it forced me to consider the fundamentals, and the feedback from the audience was always enthusiastic. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
U.K. psychologist Daniel Nettle thinks of happiness as a carrot on a stick, designed by evolution to show the right way, and also designed so that we will never permanently reach it. We likely would just sit around and eat sweet and fatty foods all day, and that is simply not in the interest of evolution. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote
You could say that bad typography brought us the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the housing crisis and a good number of other things. Stefan Sagmeister Read Quote