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

The designer must understand that form does not follow function nor does form follow a production process. For every use and for every production process there are innumerable equally attractive solutions.

Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.

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

I am a maker of useful things.

My work is very bodily. It's not a shell, but a body.

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.