I never thought I'd be able to design all the things I've been able to design. I thought that I'd be far more limited to a specific kind of work, and I've been able to establish an incredibly broad practice in all different ways, and it's because the expectations have gotten elevated.
Paula ScherIt took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds.
Paula ScherWhen I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.
Paula ScherI don't want being a woman to be a factor, or being short to bea factor, or being Jewish to be a factor, or anything that makes you outside some design "norm"that I don't understand anyway. That makes me nervous.
Paula Scher