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I'm not from a generation of kids that grew up on a Mac.
Paula Scher
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Paula Scher
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 6
Designer
Graphic Designer
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Washington
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All the little risks I took were sort of like all the apartments I had moved into: I was finding the right spot.
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Identities are the beginning of everything. They are how something is recognized and understood. What could be better than that?
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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 best way to accomplish serious design ... is to be totally and completely unqualified for the job.
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Helvetica is the font of the Vietnam War.
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Planning involves considering how other people may use something.
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Technology is something that grows and changes, and what I need to do is find out what it can do so it can do what I want it to do. And I want it to do whatever I want it to do really fast. And it's fantastic.
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Beige is the color of indecision.
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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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New Zealand looks like the future to me
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