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.
More Bernard Arnault Quotes
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What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it’s the opposite.
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If you control your distribution, you control your image.
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China 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. .
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A good product can last forever.
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In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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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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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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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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Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
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A good product can last forever.
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In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
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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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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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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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