I Don't Know the Difference Between Working and Not Working

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Jun 29, 2005

I Don't Know the Difference Between Working and Not Working

Great quote from Eva Zeisel, a woman who creates beautiful things:

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

The conversation inevitably turns toward her long career. [She's 98, btw.] Over all these decades, she is asked, has there been any continuous thread?

She thinks for a few seconds. "My mood. My temperament. My playfulness. My searching," says Zeisel. "Nothing has changed." - SF Chronicle story, June 29, 2005 (via Marilyn at California Fever)

Bonus: Jory Des Jardin's timely, wonderful story about "success". She wrote it the day before my own admission that I don't know a whit about quote success unquote.

Posted by Evelyn Rodriguez on Jun 29, 2005 at 07:02 PM in Innovators and Creators | Permalink

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