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.

When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.

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

Art has more ego to it than what I do.

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.

Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.