--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Paula Scher" description: "10 Want quotes by Paula Scher. Plus more from Paula Scher and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/paula-scher-7840_doing_i-like-what-i-do-so-why-would-i-want-to_1286073.png" --- > [I like what I do. So why would I want to stop doing it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-like-what-i-do-so-why-would-i-want-to-stop-doing-it/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/paula-scher-7840_doing_i-like-what-i-do-so-why-would-i-want-to_1286073.png) > [I get to work on things I've never done before and I get better at it, and I can do things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-get-to-work-on-things-i-ve-never-done-before-and-i-get-better-at-it/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/paula-scher-7840_can-do_i-get-to-work-on-things-i-ve-never-done_2377361.png) > [Stefan Sagmeister says that nobody innovates past forty-five, but I think he's wrong. I want to keep doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/stefan-sagmeister-says-that-nobody-innovates-past-forty-five-but-i/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/paula-scher-7840_five_stefan-sagmeister-says-that-nobody-innov_2717299.png) > [Marketing implies that you want a public to relate to your product - if it's a product - in a way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/marketing-implies-that-you-want-a-public-to-relate-to-your-product-if/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/paula-scher-7840_customer_marketing-implies-that-you-want-a-public_2520730.png) > [Technology is something that grows and changes, and what I need to do is find out what it can do so it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/technology-is-something-that-grows-and-changes-and-what-i-need-to-do/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/paula-scher-7840_can-do_technology-is-something-that-grows-and-c_1770246.png) > [I don't want being a woman to be a factor, or being short to bea factor, or being Jewish to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-don-t-want-being-a-woman-to-be-a-factor-or-being-short-to-bea/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/paula-scher-7840_being-a-woman_i-don-t-want-being-a-woman-to-be-a-facto_1577539.jpg) > [I don't want people to think about my age. Notbecause I don't want them to know my age, I just don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-don-t-want-people-to-think-about-my-age-notbecause-i-don-t-want/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/paula-scher-7840_age_i-don-t-want-people-to-think-about-my-ag_3116586.png) > [It could be that going to work is better than being home. But you should never think of days as the weekend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/it-could-be-that-going-to-work-is-better-than-being-home-but-you/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/paula-scher-7840_going-to-work_it-could-be-that-going-to-work-is-better_2734209.png) > [You need to be able to ride past the technology by understanding what it can do, who you are, and where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/you-need-to-be-able-to-ride-past-the-technology-by-understanding-what/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/paula-scher-7840_able_you-need-to-be-able-to-ride-past-the-tec_770770.jpg) > [I don't think of design as a job. I think of it as - and I hate to use this term for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-don-t-think-of-design-as-a-job-i-think-of-it-as-and-i-hate-to-use/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/paula-scher-7840_calling_i-don-t-think-of-design-as-a-job-i-think_1003957.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Paula Scher > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/your-work-gets-destroyed-by-dumb-people-and-it-gets-enhanced-by-smart/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [What makes me say "wow" is usually something I haven't encountered, in a new way... something I haven't encountered before or something I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/what-makes-me-say-wow-is-usually-something-i-haven-t-encountered-in-a/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [I find that I'm at my least creative point when I am doing something that I've done in repetition and I know all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-find-that-i-m-at-my-least-creative-point-when-i-am-doing-something/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [I think Apple is a wonderful example of spectacular marketing and I love having my iPod. There are the naysayers who say that "nyah,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-think-apple-is-a-wonderful-example-of-spectacular-marketing-and-i/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [I've become much more interested in architecture than I've ever been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-ve-become-much-more-interested-in-architecture-than-i-ve-ever-been/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [Some people are in stultifying environments where there are rigid rules and rituals and they need that to thrive, where other people are just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/some-people-are-in-stultifying-environments-where-there-are-rigid/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/planning-is-design-as-a-designer-what-i-tend-to-do-and-what-s/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [Great design is serious, not solemn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/great-design-is-serious-not-solemn/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [I love that the level of mediocrity rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-love-that-the-level-of-mediocrity-rises/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [Words have meaning, type has spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/words-have-meaning-type-has-spirit/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [Beige is the color of indecision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/beige-is-the-color-of-indecision/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [To me what really matters is that it shouldn't matter to you what day of the week it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/to-me-what-really-matters-is-that-it-shouldn-t-matter-to-you-what-day/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [If people that made products didn't market them and sell them we'd have no economy and nobody would be working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/if-people-that-made-products-didn-t-market-them-and-sell-them-we-d/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [Planning involves considering how other people may use something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/planning-involves-considering-how-other-people-may-use-something/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) > [I'm most proud of the fact that I get to keep growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/i-m-most-proud-of-the-fact-that-i-get-to-keep-growing/) [Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/paula-scher/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Paula Scher", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like what I do. 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