Chip Kidd Book Quotations

I often get asked, 'Is the book dead?' It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be pure sound - it started out as pure sound and now it's pure sound again. But books started out as things. Words on paper began as words on paper. The paperback book is the best technology to deliver that information to you.

I think too many comic book covers are way too busy, crammed with far too much information, both visual and verbal, that just becomes a dull noise.

I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!

A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.

What you must remember about hardcover books is that they are like tattoos. Once you get one, it's never really going to go away.

My hope is that when people first see the cover, they won't understand what they are seeing. Then, only as they read the book or the flap copy will that image change from dishes with dust on them to something else.