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.

Manolo Blahnik

Nature Which Wearing

The greatest luxury is being free.

Manolo Blahnik

Great Test T

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

Manolo Blahnik

Change Think Thin

You put high heels on and you change.

Manolo Blahnik

Change You T

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.

Manolo Blahnik

Men Marriage Age

Maintenance is terribly important.

Manolo Blahnik

Terribly Ten Tan

My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.

Manolo Blahnik

Life Whole Who

A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.

Manolo Blahnik

Trigger Things Thing

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.

Manolo Blahnik

Nature Which Wearing

I'm very self-critical.

Manolo Blahnik

Very T Self-Critical

I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.

Manolo Blahnik

Us Ted T

Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.

Manolo Blahnik

Time Times Tim

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

Manolo Blahnik

Us Thing Thin

I eat a lot of chocolate.

Manolo Blahnik

T Lot Late

I always love China, especially the old China.

Manolo Blahnik

Love Ways Way

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.

Manolo Blahnik

Experience Well Urban

I'm very painful to deal with when I create a shoe.

Manolo Blahnik

Wit Very T

I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.

Manolo Blahnik

Think Thin T

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

Manolo Blahnik

Famous Wanted Want

I'm mad for satin.

Manolo Blahnik

Tin T Satin

My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.

Manolo Blahnik

T Special Shoes

The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade.

Manolo Blahnik

I get more tired by travelling than anything.

Manolo Blahnik

The gimmicky thing I'm not very keen on.

Manolo Blahnik

Papa died when he was 77.

Manolo Blahnik

I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.

Manolo Blahnik

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

Manolo Blahnik

I am insecure. Everyone's insecure.

Manolo Blahnik

Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.

Manolo Blahnik

Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.

Manolo Blahnik

My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.

Manolo Blahnik

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

Manolo Blahnik

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.

Manolo Blahnik

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

Manolo Blahnik

I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.

Manolo Blahnik

Trends don't interest me.

Manolo Blahnik

In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.

Manolo Blahnik

If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.

Manolo Blahnik

I couldn't care less about business.

Manolo Blahnik

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

Manolo Blahnik

Paris is paramount for fashion, always was - always will be.

Manolo Blahnik

I hate celebrities.

Manolo Blahnik

I like women with style to wear my shoes.

Manolo Blahnik

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

Manolo Blahnik

I do think one should have clean feet.

Manolo Blahnik

My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.

Manolo Blahnik

I hate to travel with stuff.

Manolo Blahnik

People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.

Manolo Blahnik

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

Manolo Blahnik

I was possessed by London.

Manolo Blahnik

I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.

Manolo Blahnik