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

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

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

If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.

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.

When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.

Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.