From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.

Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.

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.

If you control your distribution, you control your image.

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

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

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.