Johann Rupert Quotes

Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing off the moment. I wanna be consistently doing that - capitalizing off every move I make.

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it.

Be not a shoemaker nor yet a shaft maker save for thyself alone: let the shoe be misshapen, or crooked the shaft, and a curse on thy head will be called.

When you come across something, and its quality is just outrageous, that's probably something of value. It's been that way for hundreds and hundreds of years - the really, really expensive stuff is also really, really high quality.

We are very far from our potential, but you aren't going to see 500 stores; that wouldn't be consistent with the exclusivity of our brand. You also aren't going to see a Loro Piana perfume, glasses, or watches, because we are concentrating on our core business.

I don't think LVMH will want to significantly change the strategy of Loro Piana, and I don't think that they would have bought it otherwise.

Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system's reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator.

I believe that women would crawl across broken glass to get a cool pair of shoes.

If you want to make money, that's great, but if you make great music, you're going to make money anyway. Keep your eyes on making a great product. You don't even have to promote it.

Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money.

People are brainwashed into believing that Italy is the seat of luxury manufacturing. If it's made in Italy, it must be good. That's just hype. Quality is where you bring it.

It's great to wave the flag - I always say we're proud to be made in America - but I think our distinction is we make it well in America.

I'm definitely someone who's really picky about who I work with and how I want things to go, because I have a high standard of integrity for my music. I want it to be genuine.

I will only do something if it has credibility for me, and that includes the films I make, the TV shows I judge and ad-campaigns I sign up for.

It becomes important to do the right films, than do 10 films in a year. You may do it once, but it'll never happen again.

The truth is that the celebrities that transitioned into being business moguls or launching a brand have to be very smart, or at least be advised by very smart people.

My granddad founded a manufacturing company in Northern England - a place called Bury - that manufactured denim, and one of the brands they created denim for was Disney.

Excellence is a high performance over a long period of time. That's what I've tried to focus on.

I find working on brands some of the most interesting work you can do.

I want to have an empire. I want to make my own stuff.

If you have to make a story in 10 rupees or you know that at this stage you can get only 10 rupees then you cut down on your expenses. But when one has made four-five films one likes to broaden the horizons.

A cheap suit is a cheap suit; there's nothing you can do about it.

The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also an investor and entrepreneur.

Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns.

I always want people to realise that whatever I do is a quality product. And that's what's really important to me.