Mastering the paradox of star brands is very difficult and rare - fortunately.
Bernard ArnaultRead
It's very important that when you have a designer like Marc Jacobs, who is a genius, you give him complete freedom.
Interpretation
Creative freedom is essential for true genius to shine.
This quote by Bernard Arnault emphasizes the importance of allowing creative individuals, like designers, the freedom to express their ideas without constraints. By granting them this liberty, their true talents and innovative genius can emerge, leading to exceptional artistry and design work.
In practice
In a discussion about innovative design processes at a conference.
Mastering the paradox of star brands is very difficult and rare - fortunately.
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.
I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.
When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.
What made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don't do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.
An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.
Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
I have to say, I feel a weird sort of calling in filmmaking that I didn't feel with other things. I feel like there are things in life you want to do, and then things you are called to do, and hopefully you can allow yourself to want to do whatever you're called to do.
My wedding dress is a piece of art that I'll treasure forever. It was designed and created by Zac Posen. I gave him only the tiniest bit of direction when he started, and the end product was more beautiful than anything I could have imagined.
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