Francois-Henri Pinault

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

Luxury hasn't been democratised; it's been globalised. ”

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

I have a regular, normal private life. ”

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. ”

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

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

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! ”

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

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. ”