When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
BERNARD ARNAULTWhen I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
BERNARD ARNAULTI think this is a challenge we face, how the global region will evolve in stability with such a fast growth. If they succeed to do that, no doubt, in the next generation it will be the major area of the world, economically.
BERNARD ARNAULTIf you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA.
BERNARD ARNAULTIn the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
BERNARD ARNAULTAffordable luxury – these are two words that don’t go together.
BERNARD ARNAULTIt’s true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.
BERNARD ARNAULTWorking in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It’s important that they are free to develop ideas. And rather than detracting from the principal job, it reinforces it. I think of that money as venture capital. It’s not a big investment.
BERNARD ARNAULTI’ve always been pleased with the investments I’ve made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.
BERNARD ARNAULTIf you control your distribution, you control your image.
BERNARD ARNAULTA good product can last forever.
BERNARD ARNAULTIt is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.
BERNARD ARNAULTChina is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .
BERNARD ARNAULTLuxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
BERNARD ARNAULTI like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.
BERNARD ARNAULTA good product can last forever.
BERNARD ARNAULTWhen I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
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