Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd
CharlesKidd is an American graphic designer, best known for his innovative book covers. Based in New York city, Kidd has become one of the most famous book cover designers to date...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
ifs can-do dies
If you intend to die, you can do anything.
cousin sorry believe
Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say: Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'.
humanity architect grey
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'.
strong character thinking
I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.
book technology different
I often get asked, 'Is the book dead?' It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be pure sound - it started out as pure sound and now it's pure sound again. But books started out as things. Words on paper began as words on paper. The paperback book is the best technology to deliver that information to you.
book thinking dull
I think too many comic book covers are way too busy, crammed with far too much information, both visual and verbal, that just becomes a dull noise.
book grateful viva
I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!
anticipation certainty doom
Antisappointment. Anticipation colliding head-on with the certainty of its own doom.
thinking ideas goal
Limits are possibilities. ... Formal restrictions, contrary to what you might think, free you up by allowing you to concentrate on purer ideas. ... You can be crippled by too many choices, especially if you don't know what your goals are.
long life-is long-life
Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.
problem wells solutions
If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.
art ideas giving
Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.
people mind want
What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however trivial, and if you're simply willing to sit there like a sack of dirt and let them yammer, they will tell it to you.
ideas no-idea seems
I had no idea what I was doing, I had no idea where I was going, but at some point I stopped — when to keep going would seem like I was going too far.