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 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.

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.

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

Beautiful things make people happy.

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

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