I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?
Interpretation
Having a rigid plan can limit creativity and adaptability in business pursuits.
Christian Louboutin emphasizes the unpredictability of entrepreneurship and the necessity of flexibility in one’s journey. He suggests that having a strict roadmap can stifle the natural evolution of ideas and opportunities that arise, implying that successful ventures often grow organically rather than from a rigidly defined plan.
In practice
In a motivational speech at a startup conference, one might use this quote to inspire entrepreneurs to embrace uncertainty.
I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it!
These heels are candy for the feet; they’re for pleasure, not practicality.
The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.
Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place. It's like voodoo; we don't want things that are soaked in blood, sweat, and tears. I adore life, and I'm very easygoing - and it shows in my work.
A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman.
For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.
I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.
There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it.
There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side.
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.
A lot of times I'll see guys who are nowhere near the level of the board they're riding. They might love surfing and love how it looks, but you really have to work your way up. It takes eating a little humble pie at first, and stepping back to equipment that might be a bit slow, but do it.
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