Active Quote by George Eliot

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity…

— Stephen Bayley

“The truth is that running in shoes is high impact, heel-centric, promotes bad form, is relatively unstable and inflexible, tends to weaken rather than…

— Michael Sandler

A shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk.

— Christian Louboutin

“No shoes, no matter what the price or the brand, will cure foot problems. At best (and worst), they camouflage the dysfunction. A hidden…

— Pete Egoscue

I've always believed that a beautiful shoe is useless unless it feels as wonderful as it looks.

— Stuart Weitzman

“It is a wondrous thing, the human foot—like the human hand; even more so, perhaps; but, unlike the hand, with which we are so…

— George du Maurier

There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get…

— Christopher McDougall

The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.

— David Mazzucchelli

the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than…

— Alice Meynell

“Walking in shoes is physical walking, but walking barefoot is spiritual walking!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc

— Bill Rodgers

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those…

— Horace