Mike Davidson Quotes

Just because something's legible doesn't means it communicates. More importantly, it doesn't mean it communicates the right thing. So, what is the message sent before somebody actually gets into the material? And I think that's sometimes an overlooked area.

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.

If you want to communicate something, you'd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody.

If you want to convey a message, you must do so in an enjoyable format.

Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

You have to work very hard behind the scenes, to make a message clear enough for a lot of people to understand.

So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically.

So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age.

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

I look at graphic design as communication, meaning that the work has to have a vibe to connect to the viewer or perceiver. I make a black and white drawing and then add color digitally, bringing in a contemporary pattern to the composition to create a vibrance.

Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.

For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

There's a direct relationship between how difficult it is to send a message and how strongly it is received.

I don't design. I get what I think is a big idea, and I put the idea down. I'm not a designer. I'm a communicator.

The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what your saying, and they can't know what you've saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting until you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly.

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.

If you have something to say, a movie is a really great medium to say it. It doesn't matter what the message is.

When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

In the course of our daily lives, we're bombarded with a barrage of visual messages, some blatantly aggressive, some subtle. The trick is to find a way to break through without adding to the clutter and the ugliness. We have to be responsible about that.

I want people to hear what I have to say, and I want to be able to get a lot of points across.

Communication and communication strategy is not just part of the game - it is the game.