Jeffrey Eugenides

I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching a certain way for 30 years. And then you had this other gang who was down with the semiotic program. And as a student, you were, in a way, forced to choose which cohort you were going with.

American Novelist

Vik Muniz

I was born in Brazil and grew up in the '70s under a climate of political distress, and I was forced to learn to communicate in a very specific way - in a sort of a semiotic black market. You couldn't really say what you wanted to say; you had to invent ways of doing it. You didn't trust information very much.

Brazilian Artist

Helen Vendler

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

American Critic

Semiotic as an adjective often signals cultural symbols and the meanings societies give them.

Cultural Relevance

In design, 'semiotic' indicates how visual elements communicate ideas nonverbally.

Visual Context

In marketing, semiotic adjustments to branding can greatly affect customer perceptions.

Marketing Nuances

Semiotics intersects with various fields like literature, anthropology, and psychology.

Interdisciplinary Study

Semiotics doesn't only focus on language; it examines all forms of communication.

Broad Scope

Studying semiotics enhances critical thinking by understanding deeper meanings in messages.

Critical Thinking

 under a climate of political distress, and I was forced to learn to communicate in a very specific way -- in a sort of a semiotic black market. You couldn't really say what you wanted to say; you had to invent ways of doing it. You didn't trust information very much.