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.

I haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

Be completely true to yourself and you'll be happy.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

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

People tend to fear the ghosts in their own family. You feel these family curses and think, 'If it happened to my father, it could happen to me.'

Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away.