Saul’s Bass Personal Handwriting
Saul spoke of “an emotional need for direct contact with a surface”, adding, “I like to feel the pencil’s abrasion, or the brush’s slither (..) a free and open area of expression.”. Saul also took hundreds of photographs, usually when travelling, as a sort of sketchbook or diary of images. For him, these “frozen moments” were both documents and source of inspiration. Some were taken to capture an idea or an insight, others to record an image, a new way of seeing an everyday object or as a study in light, texture and pattern.
An habitual doodler (..) his doodles included lettering and abstract forms, as well as sketches of people, places and imaginary landscapes.












