Christian Louboutin Quotes

The designer must understand that form does not follow function nor does form follow a production process. For every use and for every production process there are innumerable equally attractive solutions.

I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc.

Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.

I wouldn't take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, 'Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.' There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.

It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.

The details are not the details. They make the design.

I've always looked at shoes as being immensely beautiful things.

When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it.

I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get the rest of the information; what is the emotional response they get to the product, to the story, to the painting - whatever it is.

As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It's like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing.

I'm less interested in the inside of whatever it is I own than on the outside of what it sits on.

You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; it's too realistic. When I design, I dream.

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.

My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye.

Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

If you want to communicate something, you'd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody.

Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

Most ankle strap shoes are seriously unattractive, cutting the line of the leg as well as cutting off the circulation! Try dancing in them - your feet will look like a pair of overdone hotdogs afterwards.

I really don't care what I look like as long as it fits with the thing I'm working on.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.

Accessories design is one of the most creative categories. It's like cooking, like decorating, because it involves the person. They have to choose, and they have to figure out how to wear it and to mix it based on their style.