"Graphic designers should be literate in graphic design history. Being able to design well is not always enough. Knowing the roots of design is necessary to avoid reinvention, no less inadvertent plagiarism."
"The logo is an identifier but it's also something that stands-in for who you are."
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Source: Steven Herrick (2004). “A Place Like this”, p.34, Simon and Schuster
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