I was always shouted at by my teacher because I would draw straight on the table in the school.

I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement.

In a creative business, if you're happy, it will come out in your work. I don't see how you can be happy if you don't like the people you're working with and if they aren't a joy to have fun with.

I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know Vogue existed when I was growing up. Vogue, what is that?

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

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

If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.