Debbie Millman Quotes

Debbie Millman

Profession : Writer

Birth : November 2, 1962

'Money' is never about money. It's an intellectual exchange for something that you believe will make you feel better.

Debbie Millman

Courage is the birthplace of confidence.

Debbie Millman

No one likes someone who's really overconfident.

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Visual storytelling utilizes both language and art to pass on the essence of who we are.

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One bit of advice I can give people is to remember that anything worthwhile takes a long time.

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Everything in our world is branded.

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Our abilities are limited only by our perceptions.

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I find working on brands some of the most interesting work you can do.

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If I'd had more courage, I would've pursued a less commercial path. Maybe I would've gone into musical theater.

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People do not read first. First and foremost, they see color. Then they see numbers, then shape, and then, if you still have their attention and they understand what you put in front of them, then they will read.

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Companies that are design-led understand that design is not a deliverable; it is a profound manifestation of the human spirit.

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Many brands have lost their way in the process of evolving from a small company to a much bigger corporation.

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We create constructs to understand ourselves, the way we look, how we feel, what we believe - and we telegraph that 'branding' to the world.

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No matter how bleak the situation into which we have been thrown by the global economy, it does offer opportunities. Designers need only invent them.

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Authenticity in branding requires a step by step, measured methodology that doesn't veer from a brand's key identity.

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Visual storytelling combines the narrative text of a story with creative elements to augment and enhance the traditional storytelling process. By design, it is a co-creative process resulting in an intimate, interpretive, expressive technique.

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A brand is simply a set of beliefs. And if you don't create a set of beliefs around your products or services, well, you stand for nothing - you have no values and no vision.

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Obama really changed the way in which design can be used effectively for a candidate.

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Ever since Marcel Duchamp appropriated mass market objects and pronounced them 'readymades' and Andy Warhol elevated the Campbell's soup can and Brillo Box to art, artists and designers have been blurring the lines between fine art and commerce.

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I found that the only thing I felt passionate about drawing were words.

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