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I’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 Arnault

I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
BERNARD ARNAULT

Arms Rounds Take Time
I 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.
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Challenge Doubt Evolve Fast Generation Growth Next
Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
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Goods Luxury Margin
If 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.
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DNA People Thinking Unpredictable
Working 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.
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Develop Freedom Jobs Leadership Reined
Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.
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Expansion Focus Luxury
If you control your distribution, you control your image.
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Business Control Distribution Reputation Yourself
In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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Build Business Heritage Luxury
I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I’m not very patient myself. But I think that I’ve learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it’s the right time.
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Inspiration Learning Right Thinking Time
When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.
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Creativity Management Sensible Side Understand Yourself
If you control your distribution, you control your image.
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Control Distribution Image
From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
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Exceptional Play Time
Working 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.
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Big Brand Capital Context Famous Investment Money Work
I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
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Close Myself Time Togetherness
It 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.
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Art Business Creative Design Enough Management Process Production Rational
Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.
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Childhood Country Enjoyable Entrepreneur

I’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.

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