Welcome to our page dedicated to print quotes! Print, in all its forms, holds a unique allure that transcends time and technology. Whether it’s the timeless elegance of a well-designed book cover, the impactful message of a poster, or the tactile satisfaction of holding a beautifully printed piece, the world of print continues to captivate and inspire us.
Throughout history, print has been a powerful medium for conveying ideas, sparking revolutions, and preserving cultural heritage. From Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press to the modern digital printing technologies of today, print has played a crucial role in shaping human communication and expression. Within these pages, we celebrate the artistry, craftsmanship, and impact of print through a collection of insightful and thought-provoking quotes.
Prepare to be inspired as you delve into the wisdom and musings of writers, artists, designers, and thinkers who have recognized the enduring power of print. Whether you’re a seasoned print enthusiast, a budding designer, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of words on paper, there’s something here for everyone. So, let these quotes ignite your creativity, spark new ideas, and remind you of the magic that lies within the printed page. Now, without further ado, let’s explore the world of print through the lens of these inspiring quotes.
For my art GCSE, I did a screen print of the Queen’s head that was basically an Andy Warhol rip-off, but I didn’t realise. Alexa Chung
I’m sad to see celluloid go, there’s no doubt. But, you know, nitrate went, by the way, in 1971. If you ever saw a nitrate print of a silent film and then saw an acetate print, you’d see a big difference, but nobody remembers anymore. The acetate print is what we have. Maybe. Now it’s digital. Martin Scorsese
I don’t think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They’re just not really that, yet. There’s all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and carnage that goes on to make a tablet. Way more than to print a book. Or a bunch of books. Douglas Rushkoff
Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print. Dave Barry
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print. Thomas Moore
Sarcasm is lost in print. Jon Cryer
When you print money, the money does not flow evenly into the economic system. It stays essentially in the financial service industry and among people that have access to these funds, mostly well-to-do people. It does not go to the worker. Marc Faber
The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print. Daniel Starch
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans. Ron Paul
Money is not something you just print. It must be backed by something, either good economy or gold. Mahathir Mohamad
New York is the place where they bind books and write blurbs and arrange the publicity and print the galleys… But Chicago is the place where the book is lived out before it is bound and the song is sung before it is recorded. Nelson Algren
The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken. P. J. O’Rourke
Digital platforms are worthless without content. They’re shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they’re empty sacks. It is not about pixels versus print. It is not about how you’re reading. It is about what you’re reading. Maureen Dowd
I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I’m done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It’s hard to be patient and wait. Margaret Haddix
What they’re not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people. See where that goes. Charlie Sheen
Kindle Singles is publishing on skates. It prints like lightning; our book meets readers in hours. I’ve spent so many years waiting for publishers to consider whether they wanted to print a book of mine, making contracts, taking months to fit it into the Fall list or the Spring list, fitting it into an advertising plan. Richard Bach
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away. Fulton J. Sheen
Wearing a bold print gets harder as you get older. It’s safer to stick to subtle prints or block colours. I have always found prints quite tricky. My daughter Carly, who is on the design team at Stella McCartney, is obsessed with them. Twiggy
Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction. Adlai Stevenson I
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t. Pete Seeger
A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page. Irving Penn
We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory. Henri Cartier-Bresson
I don’t think Albert Einstein could have devised an equation to guide the leader of the free world during the wildly tumultuous post-9/11 realities without a modicum of help from the opposition party and the vast majority of the print and electronic media. Andrew Breitbart
In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they’re waiting for you to make a mistake. Brian May
Nothing in fine print is ever good news. Andy Rooney
That’s my style – to mix a lot of print and pattern and put it all together. Cynthia Rowley
Every time I hear, Cut. Print, something cold and electrical goes off in my head, because I’m never going to change that film. David Ogden Stiers
In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice. Ansel Adams
You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can’t print life to bail out a planet. Paul Hawken
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere… You don’t have to dress up, for instance, and you can’t hear them boo you right away. Anne Lamott
Technology has already opened the door a bit wider for filmmakers, with smaller digital cameras making production less cumbersome. Social media is allowing self-distribution, and girl groups like Spark Summit are leading the way in calling for fewer Photoshop image alterations of girls in print media. Sharon Lawrence
Cursing is highly effective in person – someone kicks his car in rage, forgetting he’s wearing flip-flops, flames pour from his mouth, and it’s impressive. But you see it in print, and it’s just ugly. Garrison Keillor
We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print. Virginia Woolf
Books are humanity in print. Barbara W. Tuchman
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. John Mortimer
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. Mary Shelley
How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Karl Kraus
If I print something out, I just spend all my time trying to find where I’ve put it down. Jennifer Ehle
I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money… but city and state governments cannot. Robert Kiyosaki
Everything you’ve ever read of mine is first-draft. This is one of the peculiarities of the comics field. By the time you’re working on chapter three of your masterwork, chapter one is already in print. You can’t go back and suddenly decide to make this character a woman, or have this one fall out of a window. Alan Moore
Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm. Augustine Birrell
Leopard print has been my thing forever! When I was a teenager my entire room was done in leopard print – it’s timeless, chic, and always in style. When in doubt… leopard! Khloe Kardashian
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. William Tecumseh Sherman
Everything has gotten less expensive. Digitization has made content, whether it’s print or music, less costly. Today, anyone can read the news for free online. Hubert Burda
It’s depressing when you’re still around and your albums are out of print. Lou Reed
When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy Kennedy sent me this Roy Lichtenstein print of his brother, inscribed: ‘Bobby would have been proud of you.’ Joe Scarborough
Just because it’s in print doesn’t mean it’s the gospel. Michael Jackson
I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it. Buffy Sainte-Marie
If you think about it, the printing press allowed everyone to print books – it democratised the printing of information. For the first time, we could all print. Neri Oxman
My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It’s early work, derivative work. Mary Oliver
These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago… I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me. Ansel Adams
‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print. A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in ‘t. Lord Byron
You can’t stop people printing what they want to print. Alan Sugar
Everyone in our clique rocks a black bandana with the print ‘EST 19XX’ on them 24/7. As the underdog, you are expected to lose or give up and ‘wave the white towel,’ so that is why our flag is black. We never give up – never surrender. EST means ‘Everyone Stands Together.’ The ’19XX’ is to represent any age. Machine Gun Kelly
And left the flushed print in a poppy there. Francis Thompson
No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism. P. J. O’Rourke
I love anything leopard print, but sometimes an all over print can be a bit much. Ashley Madekwe
My weakness is wearing too much leopard print. Jackie Collins
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. Benjamin Franklin
The negative is the equivalent of the composer’s score, and the print the performance. Ansel Adams
After I’d preached a message on Sunday night, I’d print it up. Tim LaHaye
I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called ‘The Landing.’ It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture. Frederick Banting
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. Raymond Chandler
If all else fails, there’s always print or web zines. Rudy Rucker
I think there are things that digital can’t do as well as print thus far. Even an iPad is only 80% the size of a standard comics page, so the images are going to be smaller. You don’t get your big, whopping two-page spreads. Mark Waid
The big print giveth and the small print taketh away. Tom Waits
Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that, when the truth comes out, it’s buried in the back page or never makes it on the air at all. Dixie Lee Ray
Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen. Norman Mailer
‘The Danish Girl’ was published in 2000. Then it, too, would disappear, as most books do. It fell out of print almost everywhere. I wrote other books and, as an editor, worked on dozens more. Yet always, Lili stayed with me. David Ebershoff
If you take a print magazine with a million person circulation, and a blog with a devout readership of 1 million, for the purpose of selling anything that can be sold online, the blog is infinitely more powerful, because it’s only a click away. Tim Ferriss
I always try to manipulate the eye when I’m dressing myself or someone else. I don’t have an hourglass figure, so I’m always trying to give the illusion that I have one; bringing the eye to the waistline by adding a belt or having a heavier print at the bottom or at the top helps define your shape. Ashley Nell Tipton
The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me. Curt Weldon
In traditional 3D printing, the gantry size poses an obvious limitation for the designer who wishes to print in larger scales and achieve structural and material complexity. Neri Oxman
A Boosh fan bought me an original copy of ‘The Jungle Book’ – like, the first print from 1894 – so I’ve just started re-reading that and am really enjoying it. But the last book I read in its entirety was ‘Willard and his Bowling Trophies,’ by Richard Brautigan, which is amazing. Noel Fielding
New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free? Nathan Myhrvold
The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default. Alan Greenspan
The fact is that when you do something from your heart, you leave a heart print. Alice Walker
You have to understand the separation between what exists in the print media and what exists in reality. It’s important to never lose track of reality. Jared Kushner
Which, of course, isn’t the point of writing – but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over. Eric Brown
Print is not dead. Joanna Coles
As long as I don’t write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. Pierre Beaumarchais
Most of my thoughts, you couldn’t print. Jim Rogers
Storytelling is my currency. It’s my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. Kevin Smith
The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It’s like a robe, it’s like a kimono, it’s like a toga. It doesn’t have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print. Diane von Furstenberg
We’re an industry obsessed with the storytelling side of things, the content. And then we got obsessed with the canvas. Is it going to be on television? Is it print? And now the canvas is mobile. But what we really need to think about is the context. The context is where and when the person is consuming it – location, time of day. David Droga
When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely. Robert Zoellick
Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. Adlai Stevenson I
When I first started submitting my work professionally – and we’re talking years and years ago – I had no patience for editorial response times. I hated waiting to hear back from people, hated waiting to see my work in print. Cullen Bunn
When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money. P. J. O’Rourke
The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print and ink never palls for me. John Updike
The Bill of Rights isn’t some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. Harry Browne
My mother and father definitely encouraged me. People used to tell my mom that I should be in commercials, and then everything kicked off from there, and my first gig was some print work. Raven Goodwin
It’s tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That’s the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting. Judy Holliday
The world is completely revolutionized, so we’re told, and so the logic goes that governments can just print money to pay their bills and there’ll be no consequences. It’s insane. Pierre Poilievre
Print some money and give it to us for the rain forests. Vivienne Westwood
If you take away print and embroidery, you have to challenge yourself a bit more on the cut. Joseph Altuzarra
Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction. Charles Revson
What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print. Isadora Duncan
Cinema isn’t just a good medium for translating graphic novels. It’s specifically a good medium for superheroes. On a fundamental, emotional level, superheroes, whether in print or on film, serve the same function for their audience as Golden Age movie stars did for theirs: they create glamour. Virginia Postrel
Bookshelves are the most natural places for displaying your personal photos and picture frames. I always print our photos in black and white to keep a classic and cohesive look. Jeremiah Brent
