Steve Madden Quotes

• You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

  Steve Madden

  Redemption, Littles

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• What inspires me is what I see people wearing on the streets of the world from New York to London and beyond. I get my ideas and inspiration from pounding the pavement all over the world. Today, fashion is dictated by individual style. To me, the fashion of the future is anything that a young guy or girl feels good wearing as long as it's put together in the right way.

  Steve Madden

  Girl, Fashion, New York

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• I'm a New York story.

  Steve Madden

  New York, Stories

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• People are afraid because I'm candid. They're always worried I'm going to get into trouble.

  Steve Madden

  People, Trouble, Worried

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• I could design an $800 shoe line it's easy. You use the best materials and you can make beautiful shoes. It's easier than making great shoes for $90.

  Steve Madden

  Beautiful, Shoes, Design

  "Milestone: Q&A With Steve Madden". Interview with Neil Weilheimer, footwearnews.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I am guilty of stupidity, arrogance, and greed.

  Steve Madden

  Stupidity, Greed, Arrogance

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• There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

  Steve Madden

  People, Support

  "Milestone: Q&A With Steve Madden". Interview with Neil Weilheimer, footwearnews.com. February 22, 2010.

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• Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.

  Steve Madden

  Get Better, Important, Growing

  "Milestone: Q&A With Steve Madden". Interview with Neil Weilheimer, footwearnews.com. February 22, 2010.

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• So much of design is context.

  Steve Madden

  Design

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• I've been making shoes my whole life.

  Steve Madden

  Shoes, Whole Life, Whole

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• I don't fret much about the natural life spans of shoe companies. If stores don't do the right things, they cease to exist, and that doesn't trouble me at all.

  Steve Madden

  Shoes, Trouble, Natural

  "Milestone: Q&A With Steve Madden". Interview with Neil Weilheimer, footwearnews.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I'd like to work with Damien Hirst.

  Steve Madden

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• My strengths as a businessman lie in the design and sale of women's shoes, and I have never been comfortable with complicated or technical legal or business documents.

  Steve Madden

  Lying, Shoes, Design

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• I have been in the field working with my birds for 36 years and I don't think a day goes by that I don't see or learn something new.

  Steve Madden

  Thinking, Years, Bird

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