For successful living. We always meant it as a provocation. But people heard it as an aspiration. That is exactly what good advertising does.

advertisingbrand-buildingCannes Lions Lions of Creativity talk, 2008

My father was a farmer. He worked very hard and had very little. I decided I would work just as hard and build something that could not be taken away.

entrepreneurshipfamilyLa Stampa interview, 2010

I buy brands that others are afraid of. The brands that have real identity but no business behind them. That is the gap I fill.

brand-buildingfashionCorriere della Sera interview, 2014

Going public is not freedom. It is a different kind of cage. I prefer to own the company completely.

entrepreneurshipindependenceBusiness of Fashion interview, 2019

Distribution is not a logistics decision. Distribution is a brand decision. Once you sell everywhere, you are no longer special.

brand-buildingdistributionWWD interview, 2012