Quotes from Manolo Blahnik

I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.

I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.

There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.

Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.

When I was a boy I remember the women, how they dressed, how they behaved, what was important to them at the time. Like Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat.

I don't like very young women very much. Never did.

I'm a great observer of delicate situations and women. I really like that bygone type of movement, and for a long time I had been looking for it.

Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.

I'm OK: I don't need money.

Alas, passion is conducive to certain other things because when you have too much passion and you have too much work, you possibly end up having black holes. The danger is too much passion.

I'm going to do what I do, even more exaggerated. This is my attitude always. I don't betray myself at all.

When somebody wants to work and believes in something, it doesn't matter if you're well known or rich or whatever it is.

I think of each new season as an evolution, not a change in style.

I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.

I hate these platforms that are all over the place today they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.

You put high heels on and you change.

I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

I hate to travel with stuff.

I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.

If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.