Eva Zeisel

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

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

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.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.