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

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.

Stay away from people who drive your emotions crazily. Find a better company!

Ladies glisten, men perspire, horses sweat.-Early Nun Quote, The Old Ursuline Convent (1727) New Orleans, LA

In a truly moral society, most of our current laws would not exist.

It's through a leader's actions - what he or she does and says on a daily basis - that the essence of great leadership becomes apparent.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

Weapons of mass destruction are always in the wrong hands.

Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.

Nothing increases happiness like quiet time. The truth is, the only moments that make you laugh or happy are seconds of stillness.

Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.

Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion.