12 Eva Zeisel Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eva Zeisel

Hungarian Designer

Born: Nov 13, 1906

Died: Dec 30, 2011

Design Designer Happy Mother People Things

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Beautiful things make people happy. Eva Zeisel

Beautiful Happy People Beautiful Things Make Things

When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds. Eva Zeisel

You Birds Clay Making Hands Your Hard Avoid

My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye. Eva Zeisel

Eye Attract Well Hand Meant Designs

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. Eva Zeisel

Emotions Communicate Made Design Vocabulary Through Emphasized Limited Lines Curve Against Modernism Straight Century Rebelling Expressive Harder Ornament Designer

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

Myself Pottery Support Learned Been Began Craft Order Painter Designer

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

Be Happy Happy Be Kind Kind Something Never Audience Shock Wanted Grotesque

I don't know the difference between working and not working. Eva Zeisel

Between Know Difference Working

My work is very bodily. It's not a shell, but a body. Eva Zeisel

Work Shell Very Bodily Body

Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use. Eva Zeisel

Home Women Men Design Concept How Should Use Things

I am a maker of useful things. Eva Zeisel

Maker Am Useful Things

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