You get two weeks after you do a shoe where you can test whether it's good or not - if you're going to like it in 20 years. Then I know that it's going to be my shoe for a long time. That doesn't happen very often, but it happens.

I'm loyal to my thoughts, to my friends. This is what I really like the best. Loyalty. Sounds goody-goody. Maybe that's not the one you wanted.

The greatest luxury is being free.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

When somebody wants to work and believes in something, it doesn't matter if you're well known or rich or whatever it is.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.