Peter Nygard Quotes

Canada, Businessman
1943

Peter J. Nygård (born 1943) is a Finnish-Canadian fashion executive, founder and chairman of Nygård International, a company based in Winnipeg that makes women's wear. He was rated the 70th richest Canadian by Canadian Business Magazine in 2009 with a net worth of $817 million, but he is not shown on the Canadian Business ranking of the 100 wealthiest individuals and families in Canada 2018.

I actually ended up in fashion as opposed to sport because I needed the money. And it turned out that it tapped all my skills.

Peter Nygard
- Up
- Money
- Fashion
When I'm creating, that's my heaven. If I haven't designed something every day, it is a failed day - that's how much I love fashion.

Peter Nygard
- Fashion
- Heaven

If in sports you have a life cycle for 10 or 15 years, in fashion, you have no cycle; you're in it forever as long as you stay healthy. And I want to be in it forever.

Peter Nygard
- Life
- Long
- Fashion
I may be the only person in the world who has my own embryonic cells growing in a petri dish.

Peter Nygard
- World
- May
- Growing
I started stem cells when I wanted to find a cure for my mother, who I loved very much, and western medicine was not able to cure her. If I had discovered stem cells a year before, I think that she would still be here with me.

Peter Nygard
- She
- Mother
I knew nothing about the industry, I didn't go to fashion school, but I was brave enough to do things in a different way.

Peter Nygard
- Different
- School
- Fashion
Stem cells are being used for anti-aging, and the University of Miami is doing a study about that to prove that it is true. They are looking at me, and my markers have shown exactly that I have been actually reversing my aging and getting younger. I am taking perhaps more stem-cell treatment than anybody else in the world.

Peter Nygard
- World
- True
- Study