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

- Steve Madden

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

I am guilty of stupidity, arrogance, and greed.

- Steve Madden

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

- Steve Madden

So much of design is context.

- Steve Madden

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

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

- Steve Madden

You need to define yourself in the marketplace.

- Steve Madden

I'd like to work with Damien Hirst.

- Steve Madden

I'm a New York story.

- Steve Madden

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

I've been making shoes my whole life.

- Steve Madden

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

- Steve Madden