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 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.

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.

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.

Sometimes we forget to see the magic in the most simple things.

In a matter of moments, I awakened to a life that wasn’t mine. It was like peering into a dark hidden world that I wasn’t supposed to know about and that my mind didn’t want to believe existed.

It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.

Never forget what you learned in the light when you are in the dark.

I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where my next meal was coming from.

If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear.

Knowledge does have a way of making you an outcast.

You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free.

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

When you need a lifestyle change due to [health issues], a dietary change is usually the first thing you need to take control of.