A house is very much like a portrait. I cannot disconnect houses from people. The thought of arrangement, the curves and straight lines. It gives an indication of the character at the heart of it.

Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.

To feel like a woman, wear heels, to feel like a goddess, wear five inches.

I would hate for someone to look at my shoes and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.

A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.

It's a good addition. There are so many bad addictions. Better be addicted to shoes than something else

The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.

No one will give a damn about you and your excellence unless you give a damn about yourself.

If I could be somebody, it'd definitely be Brad Pitt. I love the way he looks.

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream.

I've been things and seen places.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

Body and soul need new challenges.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

I like talking about things that are taboo, because it makes them not taboo anymore.

The world sympathizes only with strong and powerful.