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Creativity has to do with what came before you immediately, not what came before you a long time ago.

Paula Scher

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Paula Scher
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 6
Designer
Graphic Designer
Painter
Teacher
Washington
District of Columbia
Immediately
Creativity
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