“For many of us the works of Shamir Brothers were an inseparable part of our day to day surroundings. For others they are an important component of the visual imagery that defined the symbolic space of the early decades of the State”. - Professor Mordechai Omer, the director and chief curator of the Tel Aviv Museum and Professor at the Faculty of Arts at Tel Aviv University

“Gavriel and Maxim were among the elite group that developed the language of imagery for the coming State with the aim of improving communication with the people, cheering them up, giving them the feeling of new statehood - a feeling like all other nations and demonstrating power.” - Professor Yarom Vardimon, Winner of the Israel Prize.

“The Provisional State Council has approved your submission for the design of the Symbol of the State of Israel. I would like to thank you on behalf of the Government for your excellent service and design. This symbol that has already become a major artistic treasure of the State and the people should give you encouragement and inspiration for the future.” - Ze'ev Sherf, Government Secretary

“As the last mohican of the veteran advertising agents in Israel I have known them well. Shamir Brothers were pioneers in every meaning of the word in the commercial graphic art and design fields. We had a very close and productive relationship.” - Elyahu Tal, partner and owner of the Tal-Arieli Advertisement Agency

“The creations of Shamir Brothers played a role in the social mechanism that aspired to create cohesion and identification be it as an ideological call or as serving marketing needs.” - Batia Donner – Curator and lecturer

“Zionist iconography became a marketing tool in their hands, and they made marketing a tool to promote the Zionist idea.” - Monica Lavie, Curator:- International Convention Centre, Jerusalem

“The web-site shows the enormous rich diversity of Shamir Brothers' body of work and achievement. This is a fascinating chapter of Eretz Israel's and the State of Israel's history since its inception” - Prof. Avraham Ronen, former Dean of the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of Art, Tel Aviv University.

“Shamir brothers - designers that became a symbol” - Aviv Moses, designer

“The Shamir name in design, in the spirit of design, will remain in the pantheon of Israel's history” - Herzl Hakak, Chairman of Writers' Association

“The Shamir brothers – the Mayflower of graphic design in Israel” - Amos Schocken, publisher of Haaretz

“I remember Yoram's father and his uncle (the Shamir Brothers) well: In Israel's commercial graphics' field of 60-65 years ago they were the uncontested masters.” - Ranan R. Lurie - an American Israeli Political Cartoonist and journalist

“Two are better than one” - Gabriel and Maxim Shamir