I think I make shoes quite okay.

There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks.

Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.

I love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.

You put high heels on and you change.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.

It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?

The greatest luxury is being free.

And hope was an oath I swore never to take.

In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for comfort in hard times. She disapproved tacitly of crying.

Nothing is so deceiving as knowledge.

When there is a fight of reason versus emotion and the mind wonders which one to follow, in most times, emotion wins over reason. But it is reason that should win and emotion shouldn't.

I think sometimes when you begin to examine things - like yourself - suddenly you can just freak out and not want to go any further.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.

Once it's everybody's responsibility and not just the household's we start making better investments.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.