Christian Louboutin

When you are too specific on a target, it can drain you. Ask me where I will be when I am 60, and I will have no answer to give. ”

The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman. ”

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place. ”

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back. ”

I think I have a part of myself which is a woman. When girls are together, they speak completely differently than when there is a guy around. But, with me, they don't see this masculine thing stopping them, and there is not this boundary. ”

I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement. Clothes - it's a different story. There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping. ”

When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body. ”

Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people. ”

I don't repeat that many styles if I can help, although some have become classics. I try not to repeat. I'd rather surprise people. ”

Madonna is a feminist and has been doing more for the cause than all the grumpy feminists, who are giving nothing back by being grumpy. ”