When I talk with people, I don't even see what they are wearing . . . No, I recognize it if it's something particularly nice and interesting. I see the exception.

I suppose I felt guilty not to be doing something more important, more political. So in a way I am trying to use the company for these other activities.

I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

Craziness in a shoe is great - you can have much more freedom, you can exaggerate and it doesn't feel stupid. But to have too much craziness near your face, that would just feel weird.

Fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But very little. After all, if you have a serious drama, who cares about the clothes?

The content could be done anyplace, but the real invention is the architecture. The architecture is the only work that really defines a new way of doing things. I think this point is fundamental.

What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace.