Eva Zeisel Quotes & Sayings
17 most famous Eva Zeisel quotes and sayings (designer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I don't like to design single objects. I like my pieces to have a relationship to each other. They can be mother and child, like the Schmoo salt and pepper shakers, or brother and sister like the Birdie salt and peppers, or cousins, like most of my dinnerware sets.”
“Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.”
“Beautiful things make people happy.”
“When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.”
“I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.”
“I don't know the difference between working and not working.”
“Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use.”
“When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.”
“Art has more ego to it than what I do.”
“I am a maker of useful things.”
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