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.
Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being.
Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline of old racism, but we are witnessing a new kind of racialising.
I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed to him, does not have to open and read.
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