We don't just make shoes, we try to stay in touch with the world around us. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
When I started this business, my job was to sell people on my brand and convince them to embrace it in a… — Kenneth Cole Business Copy Share Image
Life in my shoes has gotten me relatively far. Though it's also gotten me into trouble on occasion. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
My job isn't to tell people what they should wear. My job is to find out what they want and give it… — Kenneth Cole Fashion Copy Share Image
A brand today is much more than status. Consumers have to be able to trust it. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
Ads create dialogue, they create conversation, they create attention - that's our objective. — Kenneth Cole Attention Copy Share Image
I love black. Anything black transforms lives in a profound way, particularly for women. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
My bedroom was my executive office. Buyers came to my apartment and that's where they saw the collections. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
My job, I believe, is to convince you to allow me to be part of your brand. Then when you look to… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
Asking people for money is a hard thing to do. But helping people do the right thing is not hard. So I… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
If every shoe store in America stops selling shoes, no one's going to go barefoot for 15, 20 years. No one needs… — Kenneth Cole America Copy Share Image
I've struggled with that over the years: Is fashion relevant? Is it frivolous? Is it trivial? Because I give so much of… — Kenneth Cole Essence Copy Share Image
For years, the company was known as a women's shoe company. Then we added men's clothing, shirts and shoes, and people thought… — Kenneth Cole Business Copy Share Image
Very early on in this journey, I uniquely found not just an aesthetic, but also a voice. I found the ability to… — Kenneth Cole Beauty Copy Share Image
I am probably not the best creative person in the industry. I am probably not the best business person in the industry.… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
In the fashion business, there weren't any rules. In fact, the better you were at creating something new, the greater the likelihood… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
I named the company Kenneth Cole because I didn't have a lot of time to make up a name. — Kenneth Cole Business Copy Share Image
We as a country are very good at responding to acute, short-term crises. When the crisis becomes chronic, we tend to withdraw. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
In business, you can write your own book. The more unique it is from anything written before, the more likely it is… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
Every season, I take the opportunity to convey a much larger message than just hemlines and trends. — Kenneth Cole Inspirational Copy Share Image
I work out with my trainer at 5 A. M. three times per week and I also skip dessert - most of… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
I often say in jest, 'We haven't changed the world but hopefully we've become an accessory.' — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
Often people ask me about getting involved in service and philanthropy, and my first advice is: Make sure it's real and it's… — Kenneth Cole Advice Copy Share Image
We will redo a shoe 15 times before we get it right, to get it where it should be and hopefully it… — Kenneth Cole Fashion Copy Share Image
This is what I wanted the business to be when I started it: a lot of black, a lot of luxurious materials,… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
We all walk in different shoes. What one does may not be right for everybody. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
I'm sure some people haven't necessarily embraced some of the messages over the years. We've been talking about the inappropriateness of automatic… — Kenneth Cole Amendment Copy Share Image
Every day, we all make the critical decision of what we're going to wear, because many of the people we encounter in… — Kenneth Cole Day Copy Share Image
Today, I believe everybody's their own brand, and everybody has their own brand and they curate their own brand on their Facebook… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
It is astounding how evolved and progressed India has become. It is holding on to its extraordinary rich culture and becoming global… — Kenneth Cole Culture Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have found a way to use this business and this platform to talk with people about important issues.… — Kenneth Cole Business Copy Share Image
People have a whole lot more choices than they've had in the past, and I have only earned the right to be… — Kenneth Cole Choices Copy Share Image
I've come to realize that, with social media today, people consume fashion very differently than they ever have before - they post… — Kenneth Cole Fashion Copy Share Image
There are many in the AIDS community who have said we won't find a cure in the foreseeable future. Well, you certainly… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
I had left the runway because I had come to believe that it was questionably relevant and appropriate, because we were creating… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
To the degree you could provoke people and engage them in a unique way, your message is more likely to resonate longer.… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
I think the power of messaging is saying something in as few words as possible, because I think we all essentially have… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
After working with my father for two years, we started Candie's, a line of imported shoes from Italy. Then in 1982 I… — Kenneth Cole Business Copy Share Image
None of what I do is political. My messages are social and human messages. In many cases, they've been politicized but they… — Kenneth Cole Human Copy Share Image
When I was younger I would often go to nightclubs and sit in the best-lit corner to look at what people chose… — Kenneth Cole City Copy Share Image
