Quotes by Patrick Cox - Page 1

I'm not a shoe snob.
Patrick Cox /
Snob
Shoe
Copy Quote
I'm kind of the shoe guy.
Patrick Cox /
Guy Kind
Shoe
Copy Quote
Copying is a form of self-validation.
Patrick Cox /
Copying
Form
Copy Quote
I am a magpie. My eye collects details.
Patrick Cox /
Details
Copy Quote
Elizabeth Hurley rocks. She really rocks.
Patrick Cox /
Rocks
Elizabeth
Copy Quote
Wannabe was so huge. So big. So unexpected.
Patrick Cox /
Unexpected
Copy Quote
By the time I came out of college, I was fabulous.
Patrick Cox /
Fabulous
By The Time
Copy Quote
I'm addicted to chinos the second weather gets warm enough.
Patrick Cox /
Warm
Weather
Copy Quote
Show some originality and never wear one designer head to toe.
Patrick Cox /
Designer
Originality
Toe
Copy Quote
I like to be playful; I want people to look at what I do and smile.
Patrick Cox /
Playful
Copy Quote
I love talking in lira because, suddenly, everything is in billions.
Patrick Cox /
Billions
Copy Quote
My inspiration for interior design is more historical than traditional.
Patrick Cox /
Interior
Copy Quote
I've learnt a lot about construction and flexibility from my time at Geox.
Patrick Cox /
Construction
Flexibility
My Time
Learnt
Copy Quote
It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me.
Patrick Cox /
Quality
Proud
Quality Of Life
Life Me Quality
Being Proud
Copy Quote
I've stayed in enough hotels so I really know what works and what doesn't design-wise.
Patrick Cox /
Hotels
Stayed
Copy Quote
I have a pop sensibility, which I think comes from all those weekends spent in nightclubs.
Patrick Cox /
Nightclubs
Sensibility
Weekends
Copy Quote
I used to sock hop to 'Crocodile Rock' and stare at those platform boots on the album cover.
Patrick Cox /
Boots
Sock
Used
Album
Cover
Crocodile
Hop
Rock
Platform
Stare
Copy Quote
I lived in Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon when I was very young, until my mother divorced my father.
Patrick Cox /
Cameroon
Chad
Divorced
Nigeria
Copy Quote
Most of my holidays are with wonderfully generous friends with houses in the country or the South of France.
Patrick Cox /
France
Generous
Holidays
Houses
Wonderfully
Copy Quote
Do I miss shoes? I miss the designing, but I don't miss the fashion industry. Those people eat their children.
Patrick Cox /
Fashion Industry
Designing
Copy Quote
There is nothing worse than bright lighting - it isn't flattering and makes the glamorous women want to leave.
Patrick Cox /
Flattering
Glamorous
Lighting
Bright
Copy Quote
I couldn't have asked for a better testimonial than Bob Dylan parting with his own cash for a pair of my shoes.
Patrick Cox /
Bob
Cash
Dylan
Parting
Shoes
Testimonial
Asked
Bob Dylan
Pair
Copy Quote
Shoe design is like architecture - with the finest structure and tight, precise seams, it suits my obsessive neatness.
Patrick Cox /
Architecture
Design
Finest
Neatness
Obsessive
Precise
Structure
Suits
Shoe
Tight
Copy Quote
I am like a sponge: I adore reading, watching films, and visiting museums and exhibitions. I am always in search of new things in many spheres.
Patrick Cox /
Adore
Exhibitions
Museums
New Things
Reading
Spheres
Visiting
Always I Am New
Films
I Am New Always
Search
Sponge
Copy Quote
In fashion, my inspiration comes from pop culture - the 1960s and the following years. Whereas in interior design, my influences are much broader.
Patrick Cox /
Following
Pop Culture
Broader
Influences
Interior
Whereas
Copy Quote
I think a house should reflect the interests and personality of the occupant, but it takes time to gather together the objects one likes around oneself.
Patrick Cox /
Likes
Oneself
Gather
Reflect
Copy Quote
Rock stars love Cuban heels because a lot of them tend to be diminutive. And I've never met a man who doesn't mind having an extra inch or two anywhere on his body.
Patrick Cox /
Cuban
Heels
Extra
Inch
Rock Stars
Copy Quote
Archives can be inspiring but overwhelming. You have to forget them - especially when the whole world has been knocking them off. Everyone shops the same flea markets.
Patrick Cox /
Inspiring
Archives
Flea Markets
Overwhelming
Shops
Flea
Copy Quote
I was wondering if the best was behind me, had the high point of my career already happened. Then I saw what Manolo had done, and some of his best work happened after he turned 40.
Patrick Cox /
Best Work
Best Work Me
Best Work Done
High Point
Wondering
Copy Quote
After selling the business, and the Patrick Cox brand in 2007, I had a three-year non-compete, where I just spent a lot of time hanging all over the world on beaches and having fun.
Patrick Cox /
Having Fun
Selling
Time Business World
Beaches
Time Business Where
Brand
Cox
Spent
Three-Year
Copy Quote
I came to London during what was called the second British invasion. The music was from Britain, the fashion was from Britain, everything was from Britain, so I knew I had to be in Britain.
Patrick Cox /
Britain
Invasion
Copy Quote
Now, I'm older. I don't follow the vagaries of fashion: my look tends to be skinny flat-front trousers with a long-sleeve American Apparel T-shirt and a V-neck cashmere jumper - preferably Loro Piana.
Patrick Cox /
Apparel
Skinny
Trousers
Tends
Copy Quote
As a designer, you are not only a designer, you are also a celebrity, an entertainer, and a spokesperson that speaks on behalf of the company. So you need to realize that you have to embrace all those sides.
Patrick Cox /
Behalf
Designer
Embrace
Sides
Entertainer
Speaks
Copy Quote
I finished college by July 15th, 1985, and by October 1985, I had a little stand during the trade show which was London Fashion week at the time. My stand was tiny - just 6 square meters in total - and I had my 12 shoes that I designed while in college.
Patrick Cox /
July
October
Tiny
Designed
Square
Copy Quote
I love Italy, and that's where I make my own shoes. But the French really do respect designers. Italy is totally different; footwear is an industry. The shoes are all about craft and luxury. French shoes are more about straight lines, and they are way more geometric.
Patrick Cox /
Footwear
Geometric
Luxury
Craft
Italy
Copy Quote
If you use your own name as your business brand, keep in mind that if you lose that brand, you have lost your name. And that is a bit of a problem going forward in life. If you decide to make up a name, and if you have lost that name, then who cares. But when it is your name on the products, and you lose it, that is the game changer.
Patrick Cox /
Who Cares
Life Business Your
Life Business Game
Cares
Make Up
Copy Quote

Related Authors

Ronald Reagan
40Th US President
Monday, Feb 06, 1911
Saturday, Jun 05, 2004
Kim Kardashian
Television Personality
Tuesday, Oct 21, 1980
Carl Sagan
Astronomer
Friday, Nov 09, 1934
Friday, Dec 20, 1996
Les Brown
Author
Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
George Carlin
Comedian
Wednesday, May 12, 1937
Sunday, Jun 22, 2008
Vince Lombardi
Football Player
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1913
Thursday, Sep 03, 1970
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
Saturday, Jul 26, 1856
Thursday, Nov 02, 1950
Dolly Parton
Singer-Songwriter
Saturday, Jan 19, 1946
Tyler, The Creator
Rapper
Wednesday, Mar 06, 1991
Walt Disney
Animator
Thursday, Dec 05, 1901
Thursday, Dec 15, 1966
W. Edwards Deming
Statistician
Sunday, Oct 14, 1900
Monday, Dec 20, 1993
Aristotle
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Leonardo Da Vinci
Painter
Thursday, Apr 15, 1452
Friday, May 02, 1519
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890
Thomas Sowell
Economist
Monday, Jun 30, 1930

View All Quotes

Top Authors

John F. Kennedy
35Th U.s. President
Tuesday, May 29, 1917
Friday, Nov 22, 1963
Winston Churchill
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Monday, Nov 30, 1874
Sunday, Jan 24, 1965
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Walt Whitman
Poet
Monday, May 31, 1819
Saturday, Mar 26, 1892
Stephen Covey
Author
Monday, Oct 24, 1932
Monday, Jul 16, 2012
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet
Wednesday, Oct 21, 1772
Friday, Jul 25, 1834
Carrie Fisher
Actress
Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016
Mae West
Actress
Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
Saturday, Nov 22, 1980
Isaac Newton
Physicist
Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
Monday, Mar 31, 1727
Charles Spurgeon
Preacher
Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
Sunday, Jan 31, 1892
John Locke
Philosopher
Sunday, Aug 29, 1632
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1704
Tyler, The Creator
Rapper
Wednesday, Mar 06, 1991
Elon Musk
Investor
Monday, Jun 28, 1971
Deepak Chopra
Author
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1947
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
Saturday, Aug 05, 1809
Thursday, Oct 06, 1892

View All Authors

Patrick Cox Quotes - Page 1

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page