Volume 5–2.pdf - U&lc

A POE
CAN SURVIVE
EVERYTHING
BUR
MI.PRINT:
Oscar Wilde, who was responsible for this quote, once
said, "There is no sin except stupidity." And to him a misprint
of his words represented the height of ignorance. He
also said,"Experience is the name everyone gives to their
mistakes:" In this particular poster, I was guilty of a sin
based on experience—the combined effect resulting in
a stupid mistake.The era of the quill pen had definitely
ceased to exist during the heyday of Oscar Wilde. He wrote
with an ordinary pen just as we have done all our lives
(until the felt tip pen took over). So, herewith I have eliminated
the quill, which was entirely unnecessary in the first
place. All you designers and art directors who know how to
spell (bad spelling is a common failure among many of us)
will undoubtedly get this message, unaided by the visualization
of a goose feather—an entirely superfluous prop.
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