I don't know the difference between working and not working.
Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.
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.
The playful search for beauty.
When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.
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.