"About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.“


-Manolo Blahnik

posted in design


About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"I hate to travel with stuff."

-Manolo Blahnik

travelView Quote
"Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature."

-Manolo Blahnik

natureView Quote
"I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant."

-Manolo Blahnik

famousView Quote
"I hate these platforms that are all over the place today they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience."

-Manolo Blahnik

experienceView Quote
"I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it."

-Manolo Blahnik

deathView Quote
"If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit."

-Manolo Blahnik

changeView Quote

More Quotes About design

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."

-April Greiman

designView Quote
"I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay."

-Jimmy Choo

designView Quote
"I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that."

-Gabriel Basso

designView Quote
"We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are."

-James Hall

designView Quote
"As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design."

-Gianfranco Ferre

designView Quote
"The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process."

-Gianfranco Ferre

designView Quote