Millard Drexler Quotes

You can't run a business without taking risks.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew - Hellooo? Great name, better fashion image than the Gap.

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color.

Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves in me over the years. It's a condition in me.

I like to prove things wrong.

I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.

America's companies are built to destroy creativity.

A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six.

I spot detail quickly.

Good taste shouldn't have to cost anything extra.

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

Most obstacles are inspiration.

Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.