"I first like to understand the words of a text, to think in terms of history and etymology. But you have to also forget the real thing, to not be so direct or literal."
Religion (For Corriere della Serra, 2013) —
"I first like to understand the words of a text, to think in terms of history and etymology. But you have to also forget the real thing, to not be so direct or literal."
Beppe Giacobbe
"An image is language without lies. Every person in the world can read an image, so it's not important where you come from."
Baggage (For Corriere della Sera, 2010) —
"An image is language without lies. Every person in the world can read an image, so it's not important where you come from."
Beppe Giacobbe
"Across all creative disciplines, the pencil is the best tool of the mind. When I was thinking about Italian style, design, arts ... how good it all is, I thought that, in an ironic way, maybe God is in the pencil. I had decided to break the pencil before, but it was only when I saw the triangle did I think about God."
Pencil (For CNN Style, 2016) —
"Across all creative disciplines, the pencil is the best tool of the mind. When I was thinking about Italian style, design, arts ... how good it all is, I thought that, in an ironic way, maybe God is in the pencil. I had decided to break the pencil before, but it was only when I saw the triangle did I think about God."
" [Artist] Paul Klee said that design has its own intelligence. You have to be receptive to understand when the drawing is telling you something. Respond as you create."
Brain (For La Lettura, 2012) —
" [Artist] Paul Klee said that design has its own intelligence. You have to be receptive to understand when the drawing is telling you something. Respond as you create."
Beppe Giacobbe
"Everything is political. I have my opinion, and I don't want to be superficial. I try to present a visual paradox, or something that can capture the reader's attention. The important thing is not to be banal."
Disaster (For Corriere della Sera, 2011) —
"Everything is political. I have my opinion, and I don't want to be superficial. I try to present a visual paradox, or something that can capture the reader's attention. The important thing is not to be banal."
Beppe Giacobbe
"I have been banal many times, but I don't show those images to anyone -- they go in the bin. It's important to be critical with yourself. You might have a lot of ideas, but if they're too obvious and you are not able to understand that, it's a shame!"<br />
Exploitation (For Giunti Editore, 2011) —
"I have been banal many times, but I don't show those images to anyone -- they go in the bin. It's important to be critical with yourself. You might have a lot of ideas, but if they're too obvious and you are not able to understand that, it's a shame!"
Beppe Giacobbe
"In Italy, very few people know what an illustrator is, but in the USA illustrators are artists. So I don't think the distinction is important. As Milton Glaser said, 'Art is work,' so I am an artist because I work!"
Italy (For Corriere della Serra, 2013) —
"In Italy, very few people know what an illustrator is, but in the USA illustrators are artists. So I don't think the distinction is important. As Milton Glaser said, 'Art is work,' so I am an artist because I work!"
Beppe Giacobbe
"I think that young people want to have experiences. They understand that with new media, computers, it doesn't give you this. So it's important in schools -- I do this in my own classrooms -- to work in the old ways. To understand the materials. If you have this then you can transfer it to new media."
Identity (For La Lettura, 2012) —
"I think that young people want to have experiences. They understand that with new media, computers, it doesn't give you this. So it's important in schools -- I do this in my own classrooms -- to work in the old ways. To understand the materials. If you have this then you can transfer it to new media."
Beppe Giacobbe
"The computer has changed the market. Today if I had to create seven illustrations in a week, in watercolor, it would be impossible. But those traditional techniques give you something that is important in life, a process where you have to wait -- a complete contrast to today's frenetic media."
Manipulation (For Corriere della Serra, 2013) —
"The computer has changed the market. Today if I had to create seven illustrations in a week, in watercolor, it would be impossible. But those traditional techniques give you something that is important in life, a process where you have to wait -- a complete contrast to today's frenetic media."
Beppe Giacobbe
"It's important to be fresh and simple, popular but not obvious. Looking at the work in <em>Visual Dictionary</em>, I think they chose all the times were I was both simple and rich."
Taboo (Corriere della Serra, 2009) —
"It's important to be fresh and simple, popular but not obvious. Looking at the work in Visual Dictionary, I think they chose all the times were I was both simple and rich."
Beppe Giacobbe