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

I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.

It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.

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

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

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

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.