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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

Topics: Against Century Communicate Curve Design Designer Emotions Emphasized Expressive Harder Limited Lines Made Modernism Ornament Straight Through Vocabulary 19Th Century

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

~Eva Zeisel

Topics: Avoid Birds Clay Hands Hard Making You Your

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

~Eva Zeisel

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

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Beautiful things make people happy.

~Eva Zeisel

Topics: Beautiful Beautiful Things Happy Make People Things

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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.

~Eva Zeisel

Topics: Been Began Craft Designer Learned Myself Order Painter Pottery Support

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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

Topics: Brother Brother And Sister Child Cousins Design Each Like Most Mother Objects Other Pepper Peppers Pieces Relationship Salt Sets Single Sister

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

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Topics: Artists Berlin Elegant Hundred Life Most My Life My Time Parties People Scientists Time Would Writers

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

~Eva Zeisel

Topics: Attract Designs Eye Hand Meant Well

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Art has more ego to it than what I do.

~Eva Zeisel

Topics: Art Ego More Than

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

~Eva Zeisel

Topics: Between Difference Know Working

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Biography

Nationality: Hungarian

Type: Designer

Born: November 13th, 1906

Died: December 30th, 2011

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