Steve Madden Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. So much of design is context.

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#3. 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.

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#4. I've been making shoes my whole life.

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#5. You need to define yourself in the marketplace.

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#6. I am guilty of stupidity, arrogance, and greed.

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#7. 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.

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#8. I'm a New York story.

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

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#10. I'd like to work with Damien Hirst.

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#11. You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

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

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

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#14. 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.

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