Angela Ahrendts Quotes
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Work has never really been work for me. It's been a natural extension of my life.
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I don't believe that if you are going to build a long-term, sustainable brand that you can chop up every component part and expect everyone to have a perfect P&L.
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I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.
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There's seven billion people on the planet. It's not about you.
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We cherish right and we cherish left, but more important, we cherish when you are able to use the whole mind that you were born with.
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It is not about gender, it is about experience, leadership, and vision.
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I always say that my job is not to think about today. My job is to look around the corner and feel and see what's coming, and then warn everybody else.
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An influencer, to me, is someone who shares their journey - the ups and downs - and their approach to their craft or the spark that ignites a new interest allowing people to do more and go further.
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I don't want to be a great chief executive without being a great mum and a great wife.
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The purer our message, the more compelling it is to consumers.
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You're going to see relationships with technology across anything that's brand. I don't care if that's in home or what you wear. I just think it's a new fact of life.
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Great design... you won't have a business today without great design.
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Whether it's countries or companies, it's about putting the best person in the job who can unite people and create value.
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The luxury customer is increasingly global and increasingly mobile. Their brand journey is not linear. They might browse online and purchase in store, or vice versa.
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From the store windows, the store touch-points, the website, social media, or a magazine, it has to be one pure customer experience, not just to gain market share but to gain mind share.
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It is one of the most important parts of my job, showing that you can't do it all.
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Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.
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Computers and smart devices are among the greatest intellectual gifts ever created for man but, if not balanced with human contact, may offer little to develop one's heart.
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Ninety-five percent of the time, I put myself in somebody else's position - that's how I live.
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People love to talk about themselves.
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Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving.
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You have to realise that I am the third out of six children, and I am raised with very strong core values and a very strong upbringing. I always put myself in other people's shoes.
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Great brands and great businesses have to be great storytellers, too. We have to tell stories - emotive, compelling stories - and even more so because we're nonfiction.
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I've never gone to the Oscars because I can't afford another week away. It is not more important than my husband. It is not more important than my kids.