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I know that in my own work I'm able to do all kinds of things I never thought I'd be able to do.

Paula Scher

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Paula Scher
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 6
Designer
Graphic Designer
Painter
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Washington
District of Columbia
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Marketing is not inherently bad. That's just dumb. That's said by somebody that isn't doing enough work.
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Having no purpose is the function of art, so somebody else can look at it and ask a question. Design is different - you're supposed to understand what's going on. You can be delighted by it, intrigued by it, but you're supposed to know it's a hot dog stand.
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You can't say there shouldn't be marketing and (that) marketing is a bad thing.
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What I hate is when something I've done is replaced by something better than what I've done. It's really embarrassing.
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The work needs to get out of your head and on to the table, and it needs to be done from the heart.
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Helvetica is the font of the Vietnam War.
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What a designer does is he makes things possible that you didn't imagine could exist before, and it makes the world a better place. You know, it's a great thing to be doing. A fine artist does that, too, but they make the expression for themselves, not for others' use.
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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.
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If people that made products didn't market them and sell them we'd have no economy and nobody would be working.
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The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be
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If I get up every day with the optimism that I have the capacity for growth, then that’s success for me.
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My fear is that when you become an expert in anything then the expectation somehow makes you ordinary, in a way, because you become the firm that does that, or you become the person that does that. You really need to change the form to make the discovery.
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The best way to accomplish serious design ... is to be totally and completely unqualified for the job.
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Beige is the color of indecision.
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