I have no problem with the idea of comfort, but it is not an important thing aesthetically. If you look at a shoe and immediately say it looks very comfortable, in terms of design, it is not going to excite me. Of course, I am not putting nails in my shoes to ensure everybody is in pain, but a heel is not a pair of slippers and never will be.

The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.

I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.

I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes.

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

But he is an Italian,' was Umberto's sensible reply. 'He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?...Principessa?'I looked down at my flip-flops. 'I guess I'm toast.

BAREFOOT BEACHTake off your shoes-You're on barefoot beach.Relax in the sunshine-Broken only by trees.

I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans.

Because the human history is the history of shoes. The history of places where we ever tread and stand.

My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.