“When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.” DifferentDesignPaintPlanningDifferent ThingsAesthetics Author:Paula Scher
“Planning is design. As a designer what I tend to do, and what's different from being a painter, is that I interact with other people, and the people have things they need to have happen.” PeopleNeedsDifferentHappensDesignPlanningPainterDesigner Author:Paula Scher
“Identity means "how do I get known? How do I expressmyself?" and that's generally what I'm helping somebody do. It may be three dimensional, it may be a public space, it may involve government,it may involve cultural institutions, it may involve corporations, it may involve editorial publications - it can be anything, really.” MayMeanHelpingGovernmentThreeSpaceKnownIdentityInstitutionsCorporationsPublicationEditorials Author:Paula Scher
“As a painter I make up projects for myself to express myself. And there's no client, there's no direction.” ProjectsPainterClients Author:Paula Scher
“I always drew. I was, you know, the school artist. I was the person who made the posters for the prom. That's who I was.” KnowsPersonsMadeSchoolArtistPostersProm Author:Paula Scher
“I wasn't a very good illustrator so I became a designer.” Very GoodDesignerIllustrators Author:Paula Scher
“Design is the art of planning, and it is the art of making things possible.” ArtDesignPlanning Author:Paula Scher
“You can build an ordinary hot dog stand or you can build a spectacular one, and you can do it sometimes without that much difference in money - if somebody thinks about it.” IfsThinkingSometimesCan DoDifferencesDogOrdinaryHotYou Can Do ItSpectacularHot Dog Author:Paula Scher