I am a maker of useful things.

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.

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

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.

You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more.

I don't believe on them…but I am positive they exist.

Annoyances are strangely not so annoying when the person responsible has endeared himself to you.

In my opinion, being a Christian is a noticeable behavior. If you have to tell somebody you’re a Christian, then you’re probably not doing it right.

I found out I was pregnant seven days after my wedding. I was on honeymoon with my family.

Think! I've got enough to do, and little enough to get for it, without thinking.

The last business of Christ's life was the saving of a poor penitent thief.

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit.

One cannot evolve from one's robothood until one realizes how totally one has been robotized.