"Well, that's not exactly a quote, I was talking about the implications of these two ideas:
Karel Martens:
"Content is never completely perfect, and the package also needs to express that. Because of that, imperfection and/or complexity is more believable to me than perfection or an exaggerated simplicity."
The above statement seems to be partially informed by this:
Robert Venturi:
"Architects can no longer afford to be intimidated by the puritanically moral language of orthodox Modern architecture. I like elements which are hybrid rather than 'pure', compromising rather than 'clean,' distorted rather than 'straightforward,' ambiguous rather than 'articulated,' perverse as well as impersonal, boring as well as 'interesting,' conventional rather than 'designed,' accommodating rather than excluding, redundant rather than simple, vestigial as well as innovating, inconsistent and equivocal rather than direct and clear. I am for messy vitality over obvious unity."
These ideas also connect to this, that you probably heard about - a scientist who made an appearance on radio 4 with the dictum 'ugly fonts are more memorable':
His assumption that type design has been on a historically linear path to greater 'clarity' makes his argument somewhat redundant, but there is an interesting point in there somewhere."