Ian Schrager Quotes

United States, Entrepreneur
July 19, 1946

Ian Schrager (born July 19, 1946) is an American entrepreneur, hotelier and real estate developer, often associated with co-creating the Boutique Hotel category of accommodation. Originally, he gained fame as co-owner and co-founder of Studio 54.

Also known as Businessman

When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.

Ian Schrager
- Work
- Travel
- Holiday
My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast, before it became so fashionable. I've also sailed around the Turkish islands, the Greek islands and Sicily.

Ian Schrager
- Best
- Boat
- Greek

I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.

Ian Schrager
- Find
- Look
- Nostalgia
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life.

Ian Schrager
- Life
- Me
- Succeed
The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.

Ian Schrager
- Important
- Parents
- Wealth
I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.

Ian Schrager
- More
- Projects
- Universal
Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.

Ian Schrager
- Great
- Money
- Ideas
Good design is good business.

Ian Schrager
- Good
- Business
- Design

The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream.

Ian Schrager
- Time
- Music
- Kid
Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.

Ian Schrager
- Idea
- Find
- Wealth