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 ARNAULTAnd 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 ARNAULTAffordable luxury – these are two words that don’t go together.
BERNARD ARNAULTA good product can last forever.
BERNARD ARNAULTI 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.
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 ARNAULTLouis 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.
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 ARNAULTOh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.
BERNARD ARNAULTI 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.
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 ARNAULTI like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.
BERNARD ARNAULTWhen you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.
BERNARD ARNAULTFrom time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
BERNARD ARNAULTFrom time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
BERNARD ARNAULTLuxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
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