So why did I run? I tell people that I got tired of throwing things at my television, and that is at least partially true. — Rand Paul

I never did calligraphy… But handwriting is an entirely different kind of thing. It’s part of the syndrome of modernism… It’s part of that asceticism. — Paul Rand

You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free. — Paul Rand

A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived. — Paul Rand

Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution? — Rand Paul

In essence, it is not what it looks like but what it does that defines a symbol. — Paul Rand

On Congress: ‘Nothing ever happens around here. — Rand Paul

Design is relationships. Design is a relationship between form and content. — Paul Rand

The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means… Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessness. — Paul Rand

The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values. — Rand Paul

It is important to use your hands, that is what distinguishes you from a cow or a computer operator. — Paul Rand

If a company is second rate, the logo will eventually be perceived as second rate. It is foolhardy to believe that a logo will do its job immediately, before an audience has been properly conditioned. — Paul Rand

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. — Rand Paul

President Obama is on course to add more debt than all the previous presidents in history–combined. — Rand Paul

The idea of ethnic cleansing was orthodox socialism for a century and more. — Rand Paul

The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect, conditioned to prefer bad design, because that is what it lives with. The new becomes threatening, the old reassuring. — Paul Rand

I was too practical to want to be a painter. — Paul Rand

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We’ve come to take our government back. — Rand Paul

You can’t criticize geometry. It’s never wrong. — Paul Rand

There’s a certain kind of research you have to listen to–the factual stuff, not opinion. Facts are facts. Sugar is sweet–it’s not a matter of opinion. It just is. — Paul Rand

In the Orthodox religion, you don’t draw the human figure. It’s against the rules. — Paul Rand

Ideas do not need to be esoteric to be original or exciting. — Paul Rand

Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated. — Paul Rand

Design is the silent ambassador of your brand. — Paul Rand

Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance, form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form. — Paul Rand

I would say that an understanding of man’s intrinsic needs, and of the necessity to search for a climate in which those needs could be realized, is fundamental to the education of the designer. — Paul Rand

Everything is design. Everything! — Paul Rand

Both sides of the aisle–Republican and Democrat–have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone’s got to. — Rand Paul