"If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have……" — Eva Zeisel
"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."
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24 Quotes by Eva Zeisel
Eva Zeisel has 24 quotes on this site.
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Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.
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I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.
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If you think of beautiful things, you’re not sad.
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The pleasure of making things beautiful or useful involves your feelings as well as your thinking. When your original sketch…
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To be different is a negative motive, and no creative thought or created thing grows out of a negative impulse.…
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When you begin your work, nothing exists. When it is finished it looks as if it just happened, spontaneously, effortlessly,…
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When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.
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My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye.
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I don't know the difference between working and not working.
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When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.
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Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, Â plaster or clay.
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Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use.
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