- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shoes Quotes
On empathy, style, and the freedom of going barefoot.
This page gathers quotes about shoes in both literal and figurative senses—empathizing with someone you wouldn't want to trade places with, favorite designer pairs, and a farming childhood spent comfortably barefoot. See our look quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd already decided I wanted to design shoes after I saw a sign in the Museum of African and Oceanic Art forbidding high heels. Well, who could resist?
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a woman buys shoes, she takes them out of the box and looks at herself in the mirror. But she isn't really looking at her shoes - she's looking at herself. If she likes herself, then she likes the shoes.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Designing my shoes, I'm thinking timeless. Not trendy.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is designing shoes. It's work that happens behind the scenes, as they say, and that suits me just fine because in general I am a shy person. But sometimes I have these extroverted outbursts.
- Nov 07, 2020
My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of belong to the fashion industry, which is why I'm part of the fashion industry. But that's never been my thought. My thought since I was a child was really to design those shoes for girls on stage.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes. Their feet are arched.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I buy Dries van Noten shoes. I love his clothes, too.
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020