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

My drawing for women is really curvy. My drawings for men are actually quite angular.

When I'm drawing, I'm drawing with the light, being completely open and creative. I can't draw in the evening. I need light and I need warmth if it is a summer thing, and I need cold if it is a winter collection. The good thing is that I have houses to go to whenever I'm working. I draw according to the place.

I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.

There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.

A good shoe is one that doesn't dress you but undresses you.

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.