Christian Louboutin

“I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?”

“Born and raised in Paris, I am deeply attached to my city; we almost have half a century of love story together, where I have been truly completely faithful! The most beautiful city in the world is my city, yeepeeee!”

“I could not live with someone 24/7. I just never did, and I could never do.”

“Madonna is a feminist and has been doing more for the cause than all the grumpy feminists, who are giving nothing back by being grumpy.”

“Designing my shoes, I'm thinking timeless. Not trendy.”

“When you are too specific on a target, it can drain you. Ask me where I will be when I am 60, and I will have no answer to give.”

“There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.”

“I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.”

“My drawing for women is really curvy. My drawings for men are actually quite angular.”

“Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.”

“The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.”

“I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.”

“A good host is someone who really takes care of everyone, from the food to their daily programme. I can't.”

“I wouldn't take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, 'Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.' There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.”

“I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. 'Vogue,' what is that?'”

“If there is something I like, I buy it and then find somewhere for it. I buy first then I think.”

“I remain faithful to bourbon sour. It's absolutely delicious. You'd have to ask a bartender what's in it, but I think if you know you might never have a drink. I also love a little rum, 7 years aged, brown, when it is chilly, before dinner.”

“During breakfast there is something I cannot resist, apart from my boyfriend - it's actually the phone. I have a phone breakfast. Always. I call friends, boyfriend, family. Checking who is where. 'Is everything fine?' This is breakfast.”

“A lot of my friends have tattoos; I realized that it's not only just a part of pop culture, but a bit of a map on someone's body, which says something about people. A part of their life, like an armor or a crest.”

“Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.”