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

Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It's important that they are free to develop ideas. And rather than detracting from the principal job, it reinforces it. I think of that money as venture capital. It's not a big investment.

Affordable luxury - these are two words that don't go together.

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

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

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.

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.