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

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.

A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble themselves over honors.

I didn't know you had a cat!' she excl

The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

The experience of every past moment but belies the faith of each present.

No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.

Iran can recruit hundreds of suicide bombers a day. Suicide is an invincible weapon. Suicide bombers in this land showed us the way, and they enlighten our future.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.

In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time.