Eva Zeisel Thinking Quotations

When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.

If you think of beautiful things, you’re not sad.

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.

The pleasure of making things beautiful or useful involves your feelings as well as your thinking. When your original sketch evolves into a tangible, three-dimensional object, your heart is anxiously following the process of your work. And the love involved in making it is conveyed to those for whom you made it.