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
What people are consuming is what things represent. It's people defining themselves through what they wear. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
The average woman falls in love seven times a year. Only six are with shoes. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
Not taking those few moments in the morning to decide what you're saying to people by how you're choosing to dress is… — Kenneth Cole Dress Copy Share Image
My job is to create a business model that's built on a platform that has the ability to change quickly. — Kenneth Cole Ability Copy Share Image
I need to distort not just leather and fabric, but also words. It's a disorder I have. — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
It is great to be known for your shoes. It is even better to be recognized for your soul. — 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
It's very hard to argue against the message that we all have AIDS. It's not hard to make the case that we… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
I am the closest of all to my wife, who is in and of herself a change agent and has committed to… — Kenneth Cole Change Copy Share Image
I came to realize that the law is about a book of rules, and he who learns them best, and is the… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
It's hard to ignore the hand that feeds you, and today our communities are far more needy than they've ever been, and… — Kenneth Cole Ability Copy Share Image
Through my ongoing work as a UNAIDS Ambassador and with the End AIDS Coalition, I remain personally committed to aligning resources and… — Kenneth Cole Action 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
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
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 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
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
My bedroom was my executive office. Buyers came to my apartment and that's where they saw the collections. — 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
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
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'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
There are only so many things we can do that make us feel better. We pick up the newspapers and we want… — Kenneth Cole 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
You can't build a fashion business with a short-term perspective, unless you're prepared to make investments that you know are not going… — Kenneth Cole Business 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
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
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
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
