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Eva Zeisel Quotes

My work is very bodily. It’s not a shell, but a body Picture Quote #1

If you want to be creative, don’t try to do something new. Doing something new means NOT doing what’s been done before, and that’s a negative impulse. Negative impulses are frustrating. They’re the opposite of creativity, and they never yield good ideas Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My time in Weimar Berlin was the most elegant in my life. I would have parties for a hundred people - writers, scientists, artists Picture Quote #1

Beautiful things make people happy Picture Quote #1

My work is very bodily. It’s not a shell, but a body Picture Quote #1

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I am a maker of useful things Picture Quote #1

Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept Picture Quote #1

Art has more ego to it than what I do Picture Quote #1

When you have clay in your hands, it’s hard to avoid making birds Picture Quote #1

I don’t know the difference between working and not working Picture Quote #1

My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye Picture Quote #1

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When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else Picture Quote #1

If you think of beautiful things, you’re not sad Picture Quote #1

I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world Picture Quote #1

Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use Picture Quote #1

Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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My work is very bodily. It’s not a shell, but a body. (Eva Zeisel Quotes) If you want to be creative, don’t try to do something new. Doing something new means NOT doing what’s been done before, and that’s a negative impulse. Negative impulses are frustrating. They’re the opposite of creativity, and they never yield good ideas... (Eva Zeisel Quotes) 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 (Eva Zeisel Quotes) My time in Weimar Berlin was the most elegant in my life. I would have parties for a hundred people - writers, scientists, artists (Eva Zeisel Quotes) Beautiful things make people happy (Eva Zeisel Quotes) My work is very bodily. It’s not a shell, but a body (Eva Zeisel Quotes) I am a maker of useful things (Eva Zeisel Quotes) Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept (Eva Zeisel Quotes) Art has more ego to it than what I do (Eva Zeisel Quotes) When you have clay in your hands, it’s hard to avoid making birds (Eva Zeisel Quotes) I don’t know the difference between working and not working (Eva Zeisel Quotes) My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye (Eva Zeisel Quotes) When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else (Eva Zeisel Quotes) If you think of beautiful things, you’re not sad (Eva Zeisel Quotes) I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world (Eva Zeisel Quotes) Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use (Eva Zeisel Quotes) Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay (Eva Zeisel Quotes) I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind (Eva Zeisel Quotes) 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 (Eva Zeisel Quotes) 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 (Eva Zeisel Quotes)