I would say that if something has an aesthetic value and it is pleasing to watch or to wear, it may in fact have nothing to do with status symbol. You just like to wear it.

American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of.

Americans are responsible not only for really starting a lot of things in a lot of countries, but also for giving people the confidence to do things they might never have thought to do.

Today people are a hundred times more interested in the personality of the person they are with than the clothes he wears.

Americans have started a lot of projects around the world and I am one of them.

As many Europeans and other people from other countries, I have been led into my present activity by a very specific American gift of trade.

People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You put on all these medals to show who you are.