I Like To See People

The Shoe Is Very Much An X-ray Of Social Comportment.

I Don't Repeat That Many Styles If I Can Help, Although Some Have Become Classics. I Try Not To Repeat. I'd Rather Surprise People.

My Father, Who Was A Cabinetmaker, Told Me, 'wood Has A Grain And If You Go Into The Grain, You Have Beauty. If You Go Against It, You Have Splinters - It Breaks.' And I Took That As My View Of Life. You Have To Follow The Grain - To Be Sensitive To The Direction Of Life.

If I Could Do Shoes For Anyone, It Would Be A Special Project For The Queen Of England.

I Hate The Idea Of Natural. For Example, I Prefer Gardens To Wild Nature. I Like To See The Human Touch. High Heels Are A Complete Invention - An Extravagance. They're Far From Natural, But It's The Impracticality That I Adore. I Prefer The Useless To The Useful, The Sophisticated To The Natural.