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