artWords | ideas made visual | volume one (abridged)

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a r tWor d s

ide as made visual by designer & artist max singer
a sampling from volume one artwords © max singer 2014-2022

first words

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graphic design is the paradise of individuality eccentricity heresy abnormality hobbies and humors —george santayana

artwords may be self-evident, cryptic, whimsical or heartfelt; but each of these "ideas made visual" is an inventive graphic re-imagining of a famous quote, from antiquity to the present day; by writers, philosophers, musicians, artists, scientists, poets, satirists, celebrities, & others;* created by awardwinning designer, typographer & illustrator max singer

* complete list of authors pgs. 103-104

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wisdom of the east

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if you do not change direction you may end up where you were heading —lao tzu

wisdom of the east

he who loves 50 people has 50 woes he who loves no one has no woes —buddha

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yogi-isms

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in theory there is no difference between theory and practice in practice there is —yogi berra

artists,

words

some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot others transform a yellow spot into the sun —pabl● picass● 9

artists, words

i found i could say things with color and shapes that i couldn't say any other way things i had no words for —georgia o’keefe
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aesop,s“tables”

after all is said and done more is said than done

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godly words

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godly words

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the bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don’t understand it —george santayana

waxing philosophical

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all i was doing was trying to get home from work —rosa parks

waxing philosophical

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'po-'e-tik w rds

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poetic words clouds come floating into my life no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky —rabindranath tagore
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and ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation —khalil gibran when the lips are silent the heart has a hundred tongues —rumi

author!author!

if it was so it might be and if it were so it would be but as it isn’t it that’sain’tlogic —lewis carroll

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–harold pinter –italo cal V
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author ! author ! we have wasted history like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men’s crapper of the local bar —charles bukowski

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lyr ical words

jazz is smooth and cool jazz is rage jazz flows like water jazz never seems to begin or end jazz is a conversation jazz is abandon —nat wolff

parlez vous?

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parlez vous?

the more one judges the less one loves —honore de balzac

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mark my words

— mark twain —
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witty words

when you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show when you’re born in america you get a front row seat —george carlin

spfranklyeaking

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words to live by

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guide words

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a r tWor d s

ide as made visual by designer & artist max singer
artwords © max singer 2014-2022 volume one

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