121 Quotes by Kenneth Cole

The best solution is very much the least expensive and most creative.

In the fashion business, there weren't any rules. In fact, the better you were at creating something new, the greater the likelihood you would be successful.

A brand today is much more than status. Consumers have to be able to trust it.

My job isn't to tell people what they should wear. My job is to find out what they want and give it to them in a way they didn't quite expect.

For years, the company was known as a women's shoe company. Then we added men's clothing, shirts and shoes, and people thought of us as a men's brand.

When I was younger I would often go to nightclubs and sit in the best-lit corner to look at what people chose to wear, or I'd go out and around the city - to places where people express their sense of what they think looks good. So, I get a sense of that, and then I try to interpret it.

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 to pay dividends immediately.

Everybody struggles to find a balance between their personal lives and their professional lives, and in some cases, their connection with the community. So what I've looked to do over the years is marry as many of those as I can.

Every morning, I look in my closet and say, 'What do I wish was here?' It's looking for what's not there and making it available.