Quotes from Christian Louboutin

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

I would hate for someone to look at my shoes and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

Nothing needs to be perfect to be good, and no one should need to feel perfect to feel right

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.

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

I have this disease that if I feel good somewhere, I... buy a house.

I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women.

I'll do shoes for the lady who lunches, but it would be, like, a really nasty lunch, talking about men. But where I draw the line, what I absolutely won't do, is the lady who plays bridge in the afternoon!

High heels are pleasure with pain.

You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you're too into comfort.

Boredom is a concept that I don't understand.

Even if you don't like colours, you will end up having something red. For everyone who doesn't like colour, red is a symbol of a lot of culture. It has a different signification but never a bad one.

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

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.

I'm really not a fascist. Everyone wears what they feel great in, or comfortable with. It's a beautiful day, you have an armless shirt: it goes with flip-flops.

Everyone wears what they feel great in or comfortable with.

I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.

I was always shouted at by my teacher because I would draw straight on the table in the school.

The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance.

I prefer buying things and figuring out where to put them later than regretting not buying them.

Even today, I am still very child-like while designing. It's a bit like Christmas - each of your designs you create is like unravelling your presents.

I never had the dream to be a great designer. My focus was just to do beautiful things.