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.

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.

I am a maker of useful things.

If you think of beautiful things, you’re not sad.

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

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

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