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

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

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.

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

I am a maker of useful things.

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

To be different is a negative motive, and no creative thought or created thing grows out of a negative impulse. A negative impulse is always frustrating. And to be different means ‘not like this’ and ‘not like that.’ And the ‘not like’—that’s why postmodernism, with the prefix of ‘post,’ couldn’t work. No negative impulse can work, can produce any happy creation. Only a positive one.