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.

I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.

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

If you want to be creative, don't try to do something new. Doing something new means NOT doing what's been done before, and that's a negative impulse. Negative impulses are frustrating. They're the opposite of creativity, and they never yield good ideas.

I am a maker of useful things.

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