I realized that so many clever people respect fashion so much.

What interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life.

You have to always work against what you did before, and even against your taste.

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.

You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through.

I like getting older and being the person who people ask for help.

One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.