Typographic Dichotomies: The Apollonian & Dionysian

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

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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