Christian Louboutin Quotes

Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.

To feel like a woman, wear heels, to feel like a goddess, wear five inches.

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

Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.

A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.

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

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

It's a good addition. There are so many bad addictions. Better be addicted to shoes than something else

The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.

The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.

Shoes are a mirror of what you want, what you are or what you're missing

A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman.

A good shoe is one that doesn't dress you but undresses you.

What is sexual in a high heel is the arch of the foot, because it is exactly the position of a woman's foot when she orgasms... So putting your foot in a heel, you are putting yourself in a possibly orgasmic situation.

You need to believe in yourself and what you do. Be tenacious and genuine.

If I'm in Italy I'm going to have a cappuccino and two small brioches and then a mix of orange and grapefruit. I don't drink tea in Italy.

High heels are pleasure with pain.

People ask me all the time, 'How can I walk in these heels?' I answer with the best compliment I remember that came from a woman who lives here in Paris...I know my street much better. Heels permit me to take the time to look at the architecture of my street. Now I take time to look at things.' High heels give you time to think, to look at your surroundings- a camel has seen more in life than a very quick horse! Women should live to rhythm of high-heeled shoes!

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

I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over.

Cinderella is not only an iconic character when it comes to beauty, grace and fairytale love, but also shoes.

People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.

A lot of men said they were jealous of me because my shoes excite women in a way they can't.

I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.

For me there ain't no high heel high enough!

A shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes.

A shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk.

People say I am the king of painful shoes. I don't want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job to create something comfortable. I try to make high heels as comfortable as they can be, but my priority is design, beauty and sexiness. I'm not against them, but comfort is not my focus.

Be completely true to yourself and you'll be happy.

When you do something you love, you have a passion for it. It comes naturally. Staying true to yourself and doing what you love keeps you going...everything else falls into place.

The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.

Really good shoes have to seduce both men and women.

A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool.

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.

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement.

A woman tells a story with her clothes, but it's the shoe that carries her.

These heels are candy for the feet; they’re for pleasure, not practicality.

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.

One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.

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

When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body.

If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.

There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men. A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.

I sort of don't believe in trends. I know that they exist, but what is important at the end of the day is to remain independent

A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.

Fragrance is so intimate for a lot of women - it's your essence, your identity.

If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.

[While designing] I'm mixing two lines of thought really: me as a designer for women and then me as a man. At the start of the design process it's the designer for women that comes to the forefront - sketching and revising the silhouette. Then the man comes into the picture - and I look at the shoe from a very masculine point of view. Then there is a conflict between the two sides of me. Sometimes the man wins, and sometimes the designer wins.

I hate the whole concept of comfort!