Quotes from Kenneth Cole

This is what I wanted the business to be when I started it: a lot of black, a lot of luxurious materials, and modern styling.

Being the son of a women's shoe factory owner, 'Kinky Boots' resonated with me on so many different levels.

Today, I believe everybody's their own brand, and everybody has their own brand and they curate their own brand on their Facebook and Twitter pages.

I've come to realize nobody needs what we sell. There's hardly a woman who needs another pair of black shoes.

We will redo a shoe 15 times before we get it right, to get it where it should be and hopefully it will fit and look the way it should.

We all walk in different shoes. What one does may not be right for everybody.

My job is to create a business model that's built on a platform that has the ability to change quickly.

When I first fell in love with Maria, it was because she really cares about things.

Not taking those few moments in the morning to decide what you're saying to people by how you're choosing to dress is a lost opportunity.

I've come to learn that the best time to debate family members is when they have good in their mouths.

Every morning, I look in my closet and say, 'What do I wish was here?' It's looking for what's not there and making it available.

For years, the company was known as a women's shoe company. Then we added men's clothing, shirts and shoes, and people thought of us as a men's brand.

My bedroom was my executive office. Buyers came to my apartment and that's where they saw the collections.

I'm sure some people haven't necessarily embraced some of the messages over the years. We've been talking about the inappropriateness of automatic weapons and guns since the late Eighties. I know we've lost some customers over the years, and in some ways, secured others.

My job, I believe, is to convince you to allow me to be part of your brand. Then when you look to present yourself a certain way you'll come to me, go to our website, and you'll buy want you want in the color you want, in the size you want, for the season you want.

We are trying to speak to the consumer by their lifestyle.

When I started this business, my job was to sell people on my brand and convince them to embrace it in a way that made sense to them.

There are many in the AIDS community who have said we won't find a cure in the foreseeable future. Well, you certainly won't find it if you're not looking.

It's not about me, it's about you, the customer. And if I am effective in making what I do about you, and I can enhance you and elevate you, you will support me forever.

Children are cute no matter whose they are.

I've started calling fashion my day job.

Finding a way to make a difference is arguably far more defining than any collection I have brought to market.

What people are consuming is what things represent. It's people defining themselves through what they wear.

I don't know what Galliano was thinking. Apparently he dressed people as homeless and sent them down the runway. That's not very tasteful and somewhat exploitive.