I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.

Meet people from other cultures, so you understand that the world doesn't swirl around you.

For me, everyone has many personas.

I have this disease that if I feel good somewhere, I... buy a house.

I don't give away my shoes to celebrities for free. I'm only happy when people like what I do and make the effort to buy them. I would not be happy to see people in my shoes if I knew that they had to be paid to do it, that they had to be pushed.

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.

I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.