Francois Pinault Quotes

#1. Your grandparents often found themselves in dark rooms, mapping out each other's bodies, claiming whole countries with their mouths.

Warsan Shire

#2. I have a regular, normal private life.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#3. Faith is the collateral of heaven. It is what you use to trade with in heaven.

Phil Pringle

#4. I like to discover new things, and I'm always testing new apps.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#5. The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty.

Francois Pinault

#6. I'd never buy something, even if it's a great brand, that is a competitor to something I already own; that's insane.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#7. If you have a truly big idea, the wrong technique won't kill it. And if you don't have a big idea, the right technique won't help you

David Ogilvy

#8. Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands - running, fitness, training, motorsports - is all about functionality, whereas the vocabulary of the luxury business - handbags, ready-to-wear - is all about the product.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#9. The first PC that I actually bought myself was a Toshiba Papman in 1985. This model was one of the very first laptops; I remember that it was a revolution at the time!

Francois-Henri Pinault

#10. I have no sense of nostalgia. Tomorrow is what interests me.

Francois Pinault

#11. In a recession, you must be able to call into question everything you've done before.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#12. About these scientists," Truman said, "we need men with great intellects, need their ideas. But we need to balance them with other kinds of people, too.

David McCullough

#13. You don't buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from others.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#14. I closely follow everything about user interface or human-computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#15. My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.

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#16. Alexander McQueen was one of the greatest fashion designers of his generation. His genius, sometimes provocative, admired and saluted by all, constantly opened new perspectives. Visionary and avant-garde, his creations took their inspiration from both tradition and timeless hyper-modernity.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#17. When I speak or when I offer ideas and explain how the universe seems to work from the point of view that I've understood, it seems to give people a lift - an unshackling or freeing.

Fred Alan Wolf

#18. Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future simply because they understand that.

Francois-Henri Pinault

#19. Luxury hasn't been democratised; it's been globalised.

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#20. I started buying on the Internet quite rapidly, as early as 1995.

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#21. I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.

Chevy Chase

#22. There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever.

Rollo May

#23. The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion - others pray in church. It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you. It's like falling in love.

Francois Pinault

#24. If you're having problems with someone on the Internet, simply block the person and move on. And if you do want to meet people from online, make sure you do your research to make sure you're talking to the person you want to be talking to.

KSI

#25. There's a strength to being able to look at products through a customer's eyes, but it is also dangerous.

Francois-Henri Pinault