All I ever wanted was a big, happy family.

Smile. It instantly lifts the face, and it just lights up the room.

The more you give, the more you get - it's a cliche, but it's really true.

Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.

I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

No matter what your age is, you only have now. So it's always about living in the moment and being in the moment... I refuse to let those numbers define me, and I just try to face each day positively.

I believe in true love, and I believe in happy endings. And I believe.

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.

I've always believed in a rainbow diet. As many colors and foods as you can eat, the better, because if you focus on one food, there's bound to be a report that comes out that says, 'Broccoli actually... ' So I mix it up a lot. And I take vitamins, like Biosil, which I take for my hair, skin, and nails.

Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.

My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.

Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

Men in high heels? That's a prosthesis. But I sympathise. Women have these giant heels. They get taller and taller. The men need help. But a man in heels is ridiculous.

Something I really hate more than anything else is clogs.

When I'm doing a store in a country, I always like to consider the concept of the country and the city. Ask what are the clothes of the city, what does this city represent for me?

I really wish I had invented the flip-flop. I love flip-flops. It's the one style of shoe I would be so proud of inventing: the Havaiana.

What was called extreme 20 years ago definitely isn't extreme anymore. When I started, I remember people saying, 'Oh my God, I can't walk in that!' It was like, three inches - they look like kitten heels now.

Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet. I compare it to having a good bone structure. Make-up will make you look good, but it helps if you have a good skeleton to begin with.

Some people don't even know my name, but they know I am the man with the red soles.

It is extremely necessary to realize that the world doesn't only have one way of seeing things.

I love deep cleavage on the foot. It reminds me of Berlin in 1930s, 'Cabaret.'

I haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

There's nothing I liked visually of the period I was a child. There was no dream in it, and nothing sparkled.

There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.