Diego Della Valle

I come from a family with a long tradition in shoemaking, and I still live in a region famous for its shoemakers. It is getting harder and harder to find skilled workers. There are no professional training institutes, so we have to train our own employees. And an apprenticeship takes three years.

Italian Businessman

Ivan Illich

Most people, throughout history, haven't learned one language to the exclusion of another. You learn to speak differently to a peasant and to a shoemaker. You speak differently to your mother, who comes from Burgundy, and to your father, who comes from Swabia.

American Sociologist

Giuseppe Zanotti

Every time I work with a star, I learn a lot. Also, I teach a lot because I'm a shoemaker, a designer. I'm born with a pencil in my hand. For old teenagers like me it's good to learn.

Italian Designer

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

German Philosopher

Cyrano de Bergerac

This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too, go and sit down to work under it out of the rain.

French Playwright

Manolo Blahnik

The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade.

Spanish Designer

Adriana Trigiani

Shoemakers and tanners form a symbiotic relationship out of necessity. One provides the leather while the other whips it into a glorious creation.

American Novelist

Ahmet Davutoglu

Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.

Turkish Diplomat

Stephen Pagliuca

My grandfather was a shoemaker who worked in a shoe factory.

American Businessman

Shoemaker is a specific occupation, focusing on shoe creation and repair.

Occupational Term

Implies mastery and handcrafted quality, often associated with traditional methods.

Craftsmanship

Shoemakers often represent local businesses rather than large corporations.

Local Business

 for the faint of heart but mo scene has learned to appreciate its benefits my friends who work in other professions tell me that my job is good because I can take a swim in the water to the some it's not like other jobs such as working for shoemakers where you have to stay in