Typographic Dichotomies The Apollonian & Dionysian
“A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from
stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in
league with inventors or adventurers, nor with travelers
to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest—
way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to
look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly,
miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have
never seen before.”
—Cesare Pavese,
Dialoghi con Leucó
1947
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“A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from
stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in
league with inventors or adventurers, nor with travelers
to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest—
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way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly,
miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.”
— CESARE PAVESE, DIALOGHI CON LEUCÓ, 1947
“A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in league with inventors or adventurers, nor with travelers to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest—way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to
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look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.”
— CESARE PAVESE, DIALOGHI CON LEUCÓ, 1947
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Typographic Dichotomies The Apollonian & Dionysian
Design: Ed Ryan, Typography II, Graphic Design Program, Western Michigan University Interior quote: Cesare Pavese, Dialoghi con Leuc贸, 1947