Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.

- Andre Balazs

You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

- Andre Balazs

I love water - I'm an Aquarius, but that has nothing to do with it - and I've never been away from water in any place.

- Andre Balazs

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

- Andre Balazs

One of the few luxuries left is travel, and the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.

- Andre Balazs

I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look at any business, fashion bein…

- Andre Balazs

Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.

- Andre Balazs

I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.

- Andre Balazs