I didn't even know Vogue existed when I was growing up.

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.

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

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

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

While the individual contributions provide the “building block” of creativity

They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold.

There is no rest stop on the misinformation highway.

I would like to see our society mature, and become more rational and more knowledge-based, less emotion-based.

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.

Love was the best present of all.

Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.

It is no sin to look at a nice girl.

People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it.