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

I am a maker of useful things.

When you begin your work, nothing exists. When it is finished it looks as if it just happened, spontaneously, effortlessly, convincingly. It looks as though it had been there all along.

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.

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

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.

Art has more ego to it than what I do.