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. .

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.

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.

I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.

Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.

If you control your distribution, you control your image.

A good product can last forever.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

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.

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.

Getting to the top should be a priority, but being aware of the reason for getting there should be the focus!

Often, joking for me is a way of diffusing the awkwardness of a situation, so it's kind of exhilarating to be a part of projects where there's nothing funny or lighthearted.

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy.

I want to be in an industry where the upstarts can grow and displace the incumbents, because that's why there's so much innovation.

Usually, if you're buried alive, that's gonna be the last time that happens, isn't it?

For a neutral look, avoid anything sparkly or shimmery.

The conversation of two people remembering, if the memory is enjoyable to both, rocks on like music or lovemaking. There is a rhythm and a predictability to it that each anticipates and relishes.

It ever is the marked propensity of restless and aspiring minds to look into the stretch of dark futurity.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.