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Your work gets destroyed by dumb people and it gets enhanced by smart people and it really doesn't have anything to do with marketing.

Paula Scher

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Paula Scher
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 6
Designer
Graphic Designer
Painter
Teacher
Washington
District of Columbia
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Anything
Work
Enhanced
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Marketing
People
Dumb
Destroyed
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