Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.

The playful search for beauty.

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.

When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children.

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

Beautiful things make people happy.

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

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.

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

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

When you begin your work, nothing exists. When it is finished it looks as if it just happened, spontaneously, effortlessly, convincingly. It looks as though it had been there all along.

Everyone gets their rough day. No one gets a free ride. Today so far I had a good day. I got a dial tone.

The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.

Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.

Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.

Look at the insane things the Jews believe. The Jews believe that Barbra Streisand is worth $1,000 bucks a ticket.

I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble.

Everybody has a finite amount of energy and limits to what he or she can do. Listen to your body. It will talk to you if you're willing to listen.

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.