Virginia Postrel Quotes

The profusion of fonts is one more product of the digital revolution. Beginning in the mid-'80s and accelerating in the 1990s, type design weathered the sort of radical, technology-driven transformation that other creative industries, including music, publishing, and movies, now face.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

MusicBeginningCreativeFaceDesign

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

Melissa Bean

GrowthBusinessCommunityJobSmall

I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn't have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn't have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then.

John Maeda

GoodPeopleComputersGrowDesign

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Max de Pree

MomentBecomeUpOrderGreatestWho

I am sure future historians will say the biggest and most astonishing change in politics has been the embracing of all the tenets of Thatcherism by the party of Keir Hardie: trade union legislation, Europe, the replacement of Trident, 10 per cent tax for people who have made millions from their companies.

Robert Harris

ChangeFuturePoliticsI AmPeople

The first boy that I had a crush on and dated was Cole Sprouse... from 'Suite Life.'

Alyson Stoner

LifeBoyFirstCrushSuiteHad

I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers.

Soundarya

LoveTimeFlowersPlantsGardenAny

Because I'm no longer a pop star 24 hours a day, I'm no longer bogged down by the stupid stuff that used to cripple me. I don't bruise easily any more.

Robbie Williams

DayMeStupidDownMoreStar

Twitter is a wonderful device. And I call it a device, but there are people that are addicted to it now. That's not good. You're really not very interesting using only so many letters.

Roger Ailes

GoodPeopleInterestingYouLetters

Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

FamilyHistoryWorldLongCorporate

Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit.

Judi Dench

IndiaGoDesireKnowStrangeNever

Daniel Boulud told me at a young age, 'Whatever happens to you in your career, you're going to be great - be humble. Just be humble.' And I think about that daily. Like, whatever happens to me, whatever awards we win as a team or whatever else, just be humble.

Johnny Iuzzini

DailyAgeGreatHumbleTeamWin

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Chris Patten

DemocracyRightJerksEverybody

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