Eva Zeisel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.”

“My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye.”

“I don't call myself an 'industrial designer,' because I'm other things. Industrial designers want to make novel things. Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.”

“The designer must understand that form does not follow function nor does form follow a production process. For every use and for every production process there are innumerable equally attractive solutions.”

“When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children.”

“My time in Weimar Berlin was the most elegant in my life. I would have parties for a hundred people - writers, scientists, artists.”

“My work is very bodily. It's not a shell, but a body.”