A good product can last forever.

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

I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.

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

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'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.

I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.