Letter…
Ninja July 30th, 2007
Good morning! It’s 4:23 AM EST, so I think that counts. I came across this Sagmeister letter the other day. It was very touching + had some good advice, so I thought I’d share:
Steven Heller told me. I cant say I didn’t expect it, I had just put it off into the future, thinking good old Tibor isn’t doing so well at the moment but he’ll be around for a long time. It makes me very sad.
You know it anyways, but still: You were an incredible influence on my life and my work. Before I went to Hong Kong you told me: “Just don’t go and fucking spend the money that the ad agencies pay you. If you do, you’ll be their whore forever.” I didn’t spend it, remained free and got a nice New York apartment out of it.
Before I opened the studio your advice was: “The toughest thing is not to grow. Everything else is easy.” Turned out true too. Only you could blow such a large amount of smoke up my ass in your last note. Thanks.
Well, I surely send you lots of love, you’ll be in my heart and mind forever, you incredibly strong man.
from Stefan Sagmeister’s letter to Tibor Kalman when he learned Tibor became very ill
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