Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of functional design.

- Jan Tschichold

The aim of every typographic work - the delivery of a message in the shortest, most efficient manner.

- Jan Tschichold

White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.

- Jan Tschichold

Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy.

- Jan Tschichold

My errors were more fertile than I ever imagined.

- Jan Tschichold

Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome.

- Jan Tschichold

Perfect typography is more a science than an art.

- Jan Tschichold

The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.

- Jan Tschichold

The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it b…

- Jan Tschichold