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've become absolutely convinced that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre or unsuccessful ones has little, if anything, to do with what they know or how smart they are; it has everything to do with how healthy they are.
It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it
Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.
There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
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