Milton Glaser

            Milton Glaser is an artist and graphic designer. He is most well known for his I heart NY logo. Throughout the documentary, he gives multiple examples and quotes of what he believes art truly is. One quote he used in the documentary to define art is, “the purpose of art is to inform and delight.”  He talks about how art is what society determines it is at any point in history. Glaser is a strong believer in working hard to create art. You have to work hard to get people understand what you are showing. He believes the best way to make people understand art is to make the art like a puzzle. With the creation of a puzzle, people are forced to stop and stare at what you are showing to try and understand the meaning of the art work. Glaser believes that all art work has to have an opposite and relationship between good and evil. Glaser has created many different well known designs, but he never wants to be capitalized as a style.

            Milton Glaser’s quote, “we should always operate by interruption,” truly defines how his art work and designs are created. Glaser likes to work out in the same space around all of his coworkers. He thinks this helps things get done faster because everyone can hear everything and know what is going on. Operating by interruption allows for everyone to feed off of each other’s ideas and creativity. It allows for new ideas to flow easier. One of the moments in the documentary shows Glaser reading over an idea and making a sketch while being on the phone. Art is constantly changing, so he believes there shouldn’t be a starting and ending time to creating a design. Glaser likes to take the time to enjoy everything. To him, experiences are everything. When you operate by interruption, you are able to take the time to stop and just enjoy what you are doing.