Christian Louboutin

There's nothing I liked visually of the period I was a child. There was no dream in it, and nothing sparkled.

I think every market has lot of things in common, and at the same time, every market has lot of different things.

I don't follow anything online. I am rather slow on that side.

The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance.

I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.

Being on a trapeze is like dreaming. I feel totally outside of myself when I'm flying. You know, designing shoes, my imagination is flying in my drawings.

If you are not bored by life, and your primary motto is enthusiasm and if you like your friends, family around you, it all translates into your designs. That's what keeps the creativity alive.

I'm very detail oriented. Everything that takes a lot of dedication and creativity I do in the morning when there is light and I'm really concentrated.

People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.

I'm not in the type of work where you should rest.

I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.

The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men.