Patagonia Quotes

• I never wanted to be a businessman; I was a craftsman and good at working with my hands. At some point, I decided that this company is my best resource. Patagonia now exists to put into practice all the things that smart people are saying we have to do not only to save the planet but to save the economy.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • People
  • Good
  • Practice

• At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • Goal
  • Profit
  • Zen master

• I took a dozen of our top managers to Argentina, to the windswept mountains of the real Patagonia, for a walkabout. In the course of roaming around those wild lands, we asked ourselves why we were in business and what kind of business we wanted Patagonia to be. A billion-dollar company? Okay, but not if it meant we had to make products we couldn't be proud of. And we discussed what we could do to help stem the environmental harm we caused as a company. We talked about the values we had in common, and the shared culture that had brought everyone to Patagonia, Inc., and not another company.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • Real
  • Why
  • Business

• I drive old cars, all my Patagonia clothes are years and years old, I hardly have anything new. I try to lead a very simple life. I am not a consumer of anything. And I much prefer sleeping on somebody's floor than in a motel room.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • Life
  • Simple
  • Clothes

• For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia.

  

  Miranda Richardson
  • Holiday
  • Wildlife
  • Antarctica