Quotes by Eva Zeisel

Eva Zeisel

Art has more ego to it than what I do.

Art

Ego

Beautiful things make people happy.

Beautiful

Making People Happy

People

Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.

Clay

Hands

Woods

I am a maker of useful things.

Makers

Useful Things

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.

Designer

Novelty

Want

I don’t know the difference between working and not working.

Differences

Knows

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.

Brother

Cousin

Mother

I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.

Made

Wanted

World

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.

Be Kind

Grotesque

Shock

I think with my hands. I design things to be touched-not for a museum. A piece is ready when it has the shape of something to cherish.

Hands

Museums

Thinking

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Airports

Art

Artist

Be Kind

Beautiful

Beautiful Things

Bird

Body

Brother

Children

Clay

Commerce

Cousin

Creative

Creativity

Curves

Design

Designer

Differences

Doe

Ego

Eye

Finished

Grotesque

Hands

Happened

Heart

Home

Knows

Looks

Made

Makers

Making People Happy

Mean

Men

Mother

Museums

Negative

Novelty

Order

Party

People

Pottery

Shells

Shock

Support

Thinking

Use

Useful Things

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Quotes by Eva Zeisel

Eva Zeisel

Art has more ego to it than what I do.

Beautiful things make people happy.

Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.

I am a maker of useful things.

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.

I don’t know the difference between working and not working.

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.

I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.

I think with my hands. I design things to be touched-not for a museum. A piece is ready when it has the shape of something to cherish.

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