On Teaching

When asked why he teaches, Milton Glaser responded,

Fundamentally I teach because it makes me feel good. It’s helped me certainly clarify my own objectives. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing someone whose life has been affected in a positive way by something you’ve said. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing somebody change from a sort of condition of inertness or inattentiveness to a mind that begins to inquire about meaning. I think if you don’t do something to project into the future that way the possibility for total self absorption and narcism becomes very much greater.

This quote was taken from a short film on the Hillman Curtis Web Site. Hillman Curtis has a plethora of great interviews in his Artist Series. Each short runs around eight or nine minutes. Take some time and watch a few; the collective wisdom of these prolific designers is well worth your time.